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BIBLICAL ANALYSIS; 



A TOPICAL ARRANGEMENT 



INSTRUCTIONS OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. 



ADAPTED TO THE USE OF MINISTERS, SABBATH SCHOOL. AND BIBLE CLASS 
TEACHERS, FAMILY WORSHIP, AND PRIVATE MEDITATION. 



BY 



COMPILED 

J . U . PARSON 



BOSTON: 

PUBLISHED BY WHIPPLE & DAMRELL 

N o. 9 Cornhill. 

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Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1837, 

By J. U. Parsons, 

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. 



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4^ PREFACE 



Philosophers of all ages have deplored the inefficiency of 
systems of Ethics, however pure, to reform and regulate soci- 
ety. And while their own hearts have struggled against 
their precepts, they have buried the last hope of essentially 
benefitting their race, by witnessing how powerless all their 
demonstrations of duty and right, fell upon the multitude. 

What heathen or Christian philosophy never could accom- 
plish, God proposes to do by his word. 

The Bible, as a Revelation from God, and the Bible 

ONLY, CAN RESTORE MAN, AND REBUILD THE RUINS OF HIS FALL. 

To this end it is expressly and perfectly adapted. " The 
law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul." The 
Gospel of Christ is wisdom and power. 

It may not be unprofitable to bestow a few thoughts on the 
perfect adaptation of this •instrumentality to its purpose the 
recovery of the world to holiness and God ; and the manner 
in which it should be employed to promote that object. 

When the word of God challenges for itself perfection, it 
must by no means be limited in our minds to a freedom from 
inculcating errors in sentiment, or immoralities in practice. 
The moral code of Plato or Seneca might be as pure as that 
of the gospel, and yet be perfectly powerless in reclaiming 
men. Truth from their lips is truth ; but it is the production 
of the statuary ; fair in its proportions, comely in its features, 
the combination of all beauties in its design, and adorned 
with every grace ; yet cold, motionless, lifeless — a statue of 
stone. In the Bible, it is the production of the great Archi- 
tect of the universe, who breathes upon a fabric of clay, and 
it becomes a living soul. It is vivified by the same divine 
inspiration which clothed the universe with life. 



IV PREFACE. 

The foundation of its power is laid in the character 
which it gives to God ; reflecting, as in a mirror, the image 
of the only being in the universe, to whom our consciences 
or judgments, unbiassed by prejudice, would allow us to 
ascribe perfection. Every conceivable attribute is predicated 
of him which enlightened reason approves, and in just those 
proportions, which are essential to the highest excellence of 
the whole. God is just ; yet justice with him is not a naked, 
heartless demand for right ; for God is merciful. And mercy 
is not a weak and sickly indiscriminate act of oblivion for all 
offences, and complacency towards all offenders, irrespective 
of character; for he is just. " God is love;" but love con- 
trolled by that discriminating holiness which cannot behold 
iniquity, and sanctioned by that indignation at sin which 
renders him a flame of fire to the incorrigible transgressor, 
and declares " if he turn not, He will whet his glittering 
sword." Not a principle is wanting to constitute Him worthy 
of perfect trust; not a passion ascribed to Him which can de- 
tract from his moral excellence. 

Thus He becomes at once the center of attraction for all 
beings in his intelligent creation, which are controlled by the 
same law of love, and the center of repulsion for all others. 
His perfections are held up as so many brilliant elementary 
colors, which are beautiful in themselves — glorious in com- 
bination as the bow of promise — but which only become the 
" light of the world," when blended intimately and in their 
due proportions, communicating life, and becoming the infal- 
lible medium of clear and accurate perception of moral objects 
and relations. Let but one elementary ray be wanting, and 
every object, upon which the beam shall fall will be distorted 
and discolored. Let but one perfection be abstracted from the 
character of God, and he is no longer God. Power is not 
God, or knowledge, or wisdom, or justice, or benevolence; but 
all his perfections, perfectly and harmoniously united in one, 
constitute the character which demands our homage. 

Upon this foundation is built a perfect corresponding system 
of precepts and prohibitions. The keenest scrutiny of carp- 
ing skeptics can find no point at which its moral code is not 
impregnable. They dare not assail one of its provisions. 
They dare not hazard the imputation of ignorance or selfish- 
ness by calling in question one of its principles. 



PREFACE. V 

The perfection of its code is also seen in its completeness. 
There is nothing defective, no point of duty which is not 
covered, no emergency, amid all the infinite vicissitudes of 
life, unprovided for; there is nothing superfluous — no rule 
which could be spared without leaving a deficit. And withal, 
so simple, summed up in ten simple statutes, which may be 
written on a single page, instead of filling cumbrous folios ; 
and yet so universal in its extent and application — requiring 
no revision, no legislative councils to repeal and reenact, suit- 
ed to all climes, all ages, all classes and conditions of men, 
and forming by common consent the common law of all 
nations who become acquainted with its principles. It stands 
before us as a mirror, reflecting back the perfect image of him 
whose character it portrays, and from whose inspiration it 
was given. 

We may also notice the perfection of Revelation in its de- 
velopment of human character, and adaptation to it. It 
addresses itself to the work of recovering man to God, by 
illuminating his darkness, and sanctifying his corruption. To 
this end, it developes the whole depravity of his character. 
It searches every recess of the heart, " deceitful above all 
things and desperately wicked." It holds up the malignity 
of his guilt in all its darkness, conscious of its ability to ad- 
minister a healing balm to every wound. It speaks to man, 
not as a pure intellect, but as amoral being, lapsed and fallen, 
but capable of hearing and appreciating argument and motive. 
It speaks to him not merely to please or startle with new 
and wonderful views of God, or to instruct his understanding; 
but to lay its hand upon his raging passions — to regenerate his 
principles — to dethrone his chosen divinities, and subdue the 
whole soul to God. 

To give it such resistless energy, it is invested with a per- 
fect, sanction. Not an inducement to obedience, which the 
universe affords, is wanting — not an appeal omitted. Heaven, 
earth, and hell are exhausted of all that is lovely to inspire, 
and all that is fearful to awe — all that is winning to allure. 
Not an emotion, not a sensibility of human nature, remains 
unaddressed or unsolicited to contribute its influence to sub- 
due the reigning power of sin. "I have loved you, saith the 



VI ' PREFACE. 

Lord," is his valedictory to the ungrateful Jews by Malachi. 
And the next exhibition of himself is a glorious appeal, in 
which he commends his love to us by giving his Son to die 
for us, while we were yet sinners. And the same sentiment 
again breaks forth from the lips of the disciple, who leaned up- 
on the bosom of Jesus, — " God is love." 

It is delightful also to contemplate its perfect adaptation to 
the wants of man. What necessity of his nature is there 
which it does not reach ? what sorrow that it does not as- 
suage? what bereavement for which it does not a thousand fold 
compensate? what trial for which it does not prepare? what doubt 
which it does not solve ? It walks at ease in palaces and kingly 
courts; sanctifies the halls and saloons of the rich ; adds heaven- 
ly luster to the polished and refined ; gives full and divine em- 
ployment to wealth and learning and talent ; and yet in the 
unobserved and retired walks of life, comes home with pecul- 
iar excellence. It doubles every joy in prosperity, and takes 
the sting from adversity. It folds in its embrace the poor and 
friendless, and takes the beggar from his extremity of misery 
to the bosom of eternal love. It speaks in tones of thunder 
and a glare of lightning to the secure in sin, and put c a cup 
into the hand of Omnipotent wrath, the dregs of which are 
to be wrung out for all the wicked of the earth. When at- 
tention is arrested and agonizing fears excited, it opens anoth- 
er seal, and the debasing turpitude of sin is beheld in such 
monstrous shape, that even personal danger is forgotten in con- 
templating its odiousness and guilt. When overwhelmed 
with conviction, and ready to sink self-condemned into a 
hopeless abyss of well-earned misery, Jesus of Nazareth, the 
Lamb of God appears, proclaiming the acceptable year of the 
Lord, ready to bind up the broken hearted, and cover the de- 
fenceless with his robes of love. He smiles upon the first 
symptom of relenting, and fans the kindling flame of peni- 
tence, and presses the penitent in his embrace with assurance 
of forgiveness. Evermore it walks by his side — is a glory 
before him and a cloud behind ; and when flesh and heart 
fail him. it is the strength of his heart and his portion forever. 
,Here is the foundation of its living energy, when compared 
with systems of ethics. While they condemn the follies of 
men, they bring^so imperfect a substitute, and enforce their 
principles with so feeble inducements, that it is not wonderful, 



PREFACE. Vll 

under their instructions, men should approve the better but 
pursue the worse. They graft the fig upon a thistle, and look 
for grapes upon the thorn. The gospel calls upon men to 
relinquish a minor for an infinitely superior good, and en- 
forces the call by considerations the most solemn and impres- 
sive the universe can furnish. 

These inducements, set home by the eternal Spirit, are to 
dissolve the flinty heart, having slain its enmity by the cross 
— to mortify the pride of life — to crush the whole array of 
organized hostility to God, and overturn and overturn, till he 
whose right it is shall reign king of nations. 

Spirit of all Grace ! descend upon us— baptize the church 
with thy vivifying influences. Enter into this body, created 
by thine own inspiration, and give it resistless energy. 

There is yet another aspect in which it is important not 
only to contemplate, but to study the Bible as a perfect reve- 
lation, namely, the relative fulness, with which it treats 
the various departments of religious instruction. It may un- 
doubtedly be regarded as a perfect transcript of the mind of 
God, in regard to the proportions in which divine truth should 
be mingled in the public and private instructions of religion. 

Laying aside those portions which relate to the civil poli- 
cy of the theocracy, and that succession of historical records 
which are serviceable mainly in substantiating its divinity, and 
illustrating its changeless moral principles, it may safely be 
adopted as a measure of the importance which every Christian 
teacher should attach to its various parts, and the fulness and 
frequency with which they should be discussed. This will 
not be measured by the abstract or relative importance of 
the topics merely, but by the nature of the topic It may 
be as important to believe in the Divinity of Christ as to 
repent of sin. But while the former is simply declared and 
incidentally alluded to, the latter forms the burthen of their 
cry, and is urged in every variety of form and enforced by 
every variety of motive. 

There is a natural reason for this. The declaration which 
requires belief is addressed to the understanding ; and if the 
argument is conclusive, conviction is produced, which will be 
abiding ; but the argument which calls for repentance is ad- 
dressed to the heart, whose impressions are evanescent as the 



Vlll PREFACE. 

morning dew. The belief, once established, remains, till 
counteracted by opposing testimony ; but the conviction of 
duty vanishes, and must often be renewed and enforced by 
every variety of illustration. Such is the tenor of the Scrip- 
tures. Duty, instead of being crowded into an inference, is 
made a theme, frequently, cogently discussed and enforced j 
while abstract truths once inculcated are seldom reviewed, 
unless disturbed by false teachers. Who can estimate the 
amount of Moral power withdrawn from the Christian Sanc- 
tuary, by a perpetual repetition of truths, uniformly believed, 
almost to the exclusion of duties as uniformly neglected ? 
Who can tell how much of modern speculation and polemics, 
and tenacious, rigid adherence to certain forms of discipline 
would be avoided, if the sword of the spirit bore the same 
ethereal temper in our hands, as in the hands of Paul ? What 
a paralysis would fall upon all the business of life, if every 
agent, to whom was committed the accomplishment of impor- 
tant works, should call his men together at every returning 
sun to hear a lecture demonstrating that it is the sun ; that 
the sun is the fountain of light, and that light is the medium 
of vision ; and therefore we must work while the day 
lasts ! 

If controversy were limited to as few topics, and engrossed 
as small a portion of thought and feeling and effort as it did 
with James and John, when the Savior had instructed them 
to fellowship those who followed not with them — what 
mighty energy would be imparted to the united ministry of 
Christ ! 

It is worthy of observation in this connexion, how com- 
pletely the code of moral instruction in the New Testament 
is disencumbered of a ponderous ritual. Every external ob- 
servance, connected with the New Dispensation, is so slightly 
developed, as to be in many respects debatable. We recog- 
nise the duty of Baptism distinctly enjoined, but the mode 
and circumstances are left quite out of sight. A public pro- 
fession of faith in Christ is constantly insisted upon, but to 
what extent that profession shall reach — how minute shall 
be the detail of its articles, in what form the Christian commu- 
nity shall be organized, is left in so much uncertainty, that 
we can hardly gather from the word of God the outlines of a 



PREFACE. il 

church organization. Yet, strange as it may be regarded, 
the uncertainty which hangs over these points, arising from 
the indifference of inspired men, is allowed to be the occasion 
of perpetual internal dissensions and divisions in the church, 
to engross their time, their labor, and their feelings ; and. to 
circumscribe their sympathies. It should be written in tears 
and pondered in anguish, that multitudes of Christian teach- 
ers, otherwise qualified for eminent usefulness, are, mind and 
soul, absorbed in defending points, which the Savior, and the 
Holy Ghost, and inspired, Apostles thought it unworthy of 
their attention, or subversive of their purpose, to define. 

Nothing, but the emancipation of Christianity from the 
innumerable cords with which men have attempted to bind 
its Catholic Spirit, can secure its universal prevalence and 
triumph. 

In the following pages, an attempt is made to present divine 
truth in its due proportions. Numerous difficulties embarrass 
the execution of such a plan, and the author is aware that it is 
imperfectly done. A sufficient approximation, however, is 
made to surprise the careful student at the comparative fulness 
of different topics, when exhibited in the symmetry which 
they bear as coming from the mind of the Spirit. And if his 
labors result in directing the minds of religious teachers to the 
symmetry of the temple which they are building for God, 
instead of throwing in their precious stones promiscuously, 
without regard to order or design, he will feel himself abun- 
dantly rewarded. 

It will not be understood to be the object of this work to 
present a digest of religious truth and duty. It is intended 
to bring into contiguity those passages which require exami- 
nation and comparison, in order that one may form a well- 
digested opinion of the relation which they sustain to one 
another ; and of their bearing upon a given topic. It is not to 
forestall, or preclude examination. Judgment is not pro- 
nounced ; but the witnesses are gathered, and their affidavits 
filed. Some of them may say little or nothing directly to the 
purpose, and yet an indirect allusion may be as important, in 
many cases, as direct assertion. Of the relevancy, however, 
of every passage, the examiner must make himself the judge ; 
and allow to each whatever weight he deems proper, and 
make up his verdict upon the united testimony of the whole. 
b 



X PREFACE. 

Such a comparison is essential to the complete discharge of 
a minister's duty, — that these lively oracles may be fully 
developed in the sanctuary; and these fountains of living 
water may flow more abundantly to fertilize the field com- 
mitted to his care, — that every important truth maybe found, 
fortified by the concurrent testimony of many witnesses ; 
every duty clearly exhibited and enforced by multiplied in- 
ducements; every sin surrounded with flaming swords point- 
ing in every direction, and every act of obedience encouraged 
by unbounded and gracious promises. That the minister may 
be admonished how to lay out his strength to promote those 
objects which God deems important, and warned from swell- 
ing beyond proper limits those which he has lightly esteem- 
ed, — and that he may be preserved from a distorted vision of 
truth by contemplating its partial development in disconnected 
passages. 

Such a comparison, however, no minister, amid the multi- 
plied cares and labors of the pastoral office, can carefully make. 
The utility of a work of this kind need not be limited to 
the ministry. It affords facilities for communicating a practi- 
cal knowledge of the Scriptures in the Sabbath school and 
Biblical class, which can be obtained in no other way. To 
adapt it to this purpose, and also to family worship, or private 
meditation, when the Sections are too long for a lesson or 
family reading, they are divided into paragraphs, adapted to 
that object. By this arrangement the attention of the class, 
or of the family, will be directed to one single topic, and a 
deeper impression will be made upon the mind. 

It also presents suitable instructions for every state of re- 
ligious feeling, from the awakened sinner, to the Christian, 
sanctified and " ready to be offered." 

This collection has been prepared without much aid from 
the concordance, or any similar work. It is made out by a 
consecutive reading of the Holy Scriptures, from beginning to 
end; a labor which has brought the compiler into intimate 
and long continued contact with the Bible, and convicted 
him of having formerly deprived himself of untold consola- 
tion, and spiritual advancement, by neglecting, or lightly 
studying, the word of God. And he would close his^labors 
by an affectionate, but most earnest exhortation to all who 
have a soul to save, " Search the Scriptures; " search dili- 



PREFACE. XI 

gently, prayerfully, earnestly, as for hid treasure. In them is 
light and life, strength, wisdom, — all you need. 

May the Spirit of Inspiration accept this feeble effort to 
manifest his glory and promote his cause ! 

Cambridge, April 24, 1337. 



GENERAL INDEX. 



[For the particulars of each Topic, the student can consult the Contents, as here 

referred to.] 









Page. 


Bible 


Part I. Top. II. 




58 


" means of grace. 


Part II. Top. I. 


Ch. HI. 


130 


Christ, divine. 


Part I. Top. I. 


Ch. IV. 


46 


" Redeemer. 


Part II. Top. I. 


Ch. I. 


126 


" Judge. 


Part II. Top. IV 




268 


Christan. 


Part II. Top. III. 




181 


Church. 


Part II. Top. II. 


Ch. IV. 


153 


Final Issue. 


Part II. Top. IV. 




266 


God. 


Part I. Top. I. 




n 


Holy Spirit. 


Part I. Top. I. 


Ch. V. 


56 


" Its offices. 


Part II. Top. I. 


Ch. II. 


127 


Law of God. 


Part I. Top. II. 




69 


Man. 


Part I. Top. IV 




92 


Ministers. 


Part II. Top. II. 


Ch. IV. 


163 


Sin. 


Part I. Top. V. 




112 



Sinners, terms of salvation. Part II. Top. II. 133 



CONTENTS. 



PART I. 
MAN SELF-DESTROYED. 



FIRST GENERAL TOPIC. 

GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. 
CHAPTER I. 

Tlie Existence of one God. 

§ 1. Declared 

§ 2. Shown by Works of Creation 

§ 3. From Works of Providence 

CHAPTER II. 



His Attributes. 



§ 1 



His existence underived and 

eternal 
Originating Power 
Notf Matter 
Omnipresence . 
Knowledge underived 
Knowledge unlimited . 
Not gradually acquired 
His Wisdom . . 

Moral Sensibilities . 

I. God is Love. II. 
or opposition to sin 

III. Compassion 
§ 10. Moral Principles. I. 

eousness or Justice . 

II. Purity, or Holiness. 
Truth, or Faithfulness 

IV. Goodness . 

V. Grace, or Mercy 

VI. Perfection. 



§ 2. 

§ 3. 

§ 4. 

§ 5. 

§ 6. 

§ 7. 

§ 8. 

§ 9. 



CHAPTER III. 



§ 1. 

§ 2. 



Hatred 

Right- 
Ill.' 



19 

20 

21 

21 

21 ' 

22 

23 

24 

24 

25 
26 

27 

23 
29 



§ 3. 



CHAPTER IV. 

God manifested in Christ. 

Declarations which Associate 
Christ with God . . 46 

Divine Characteristics applied 
to Christ. I. Self-existent 
and Eternal . . 48 

II. Originating and controlling 
power . . .49 

III. Omnipresence . 50 

IV. Intuitive and unlimited 
knowledge . . .51 

V. Wisdom. VI. Righteous- 
ness ... 52 

VII. Perfection. VIII. Grace 53 
IX. Sovereignty over minds, 
hearts, and religious institu- 
tions .- . . .53 
Christ worshipped . . 54 



CHAPTER V. 

God denominated the Spirit 



56 



SECOND GENERAL TOPIC. 

THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. 



30 I § 

31 ! 



God a Sovereign. 

Over Matter 
Over Mind . 

I. This control declared 

II. Influences by which he 
governs Mind 

1. By Providences. 2. Striking 
cases of Divine Protection . 39 

2. By his Spirit 41 

3. By Revelation . 42 



31 



33 



35 



CHAPTER I. 

A Revelation from God. 
Asserted by the Writers 
Shown from Prophecy. I. Pre 
dictions relative to the Jews 
II. Prophecies of Babylon 



. 58 



59 
60 



§ 1- 



III. Predictions of the Messiah 61 

CHAPTER II. 

An infallible Guide. 
Perfect in its Precepts . 64 

II. In its adaptation to the 
heart . . .66 

III. In its appeals to the sensi- 
bilities or sanctions. 1. Hope 66 

2. Fear. 3. Obligation. IV. 
The only authority in Relig- 
ion . . 67 



XIV 



CONTENTS. 



V. Relation of the Old and 
New Testaments. VI. Im- 
portance of studying them 



THIRD GENERAL TOPIC. 

THE DIVINE LAW. 

CHAPTER I. 

Original Law in Eden . . 69 

CHAPTER II. 

The Universal Moral Law . 70 

CHAPTER III. 

application of this Law to the Theocra- 
cy of the Jews. 



§ 1- 

§ 2. 

§ 3. 

§ 4. 

§ 5- 

§ 6. 

5 7. 



§ 9. 
§ 10 
§ 11 
§ 12 
§ 13 



God the object of supreme affec- 
tion. 1. Command. . 70 
The only object of religious 
worship. II. Command. . 71 
Case of Idolatry . . 72 
Profanity. III. Command. 

Case of a blasphemer . 72 

Observance of the Sabbath. 
Case tried. Morality of the 
Sabbath. IV. Command. 73 
Parental Relation. V. Com- 
mand. . . .75 
Murder. VI. Command. Cap- 
ital Punishment . . 75 
Male and female. VII. Com- 
mand. Cases of Violation . 76 
Law of theft. VIII. Command. 77 
Of falsehood IX. Command. 78 
Of covetousness. X. Command. 78 
Of master and servant . . 81 
Of inheritance . . 83 
Judiciary system . . 84 

CHAPTER IV. 



Morality of the Gospel. The Savior's 
construction of the Law. 

§ 1. General Observations. Perpetual 
obligation of the Moral Law. 
Extent of its Obligations 85 

§ 2. Exposition of the first and sec- 
ond Commandments . . 86 

§ 3. Of Profanity . • 86 

§ 4. Of the Sabbath . . .87 

First day of the week . 88 

§ 5. Parental relation. Duty of Pa- 
rents. Children . . 88 



§ 6. Treatment of Enemies - . 89 
§ 7. Male and female . . 90 

§ 8. Honesty ". . .90 

§ 9. Government of the tongue . 90 
§ 10. Property ... 92 



FOURTH GENERAL TOPIC. 

MAN AND HIS CHARACTER. 

CHAPTER I. 

Original Character. 



§ 3. 



§ 4. 



His body . . .92 

The Soul. I. A Spirit. II. 
Immortal . 92 

Original probationary moral 
character . . .93 

CHAPTER II. 

The Apostacy . . 94 

CHAPTER III. 

Character after the Apostacy. 

Disobedience to God universal 94 
The fruit of an unholy heart 96 
Disposition towards God. I. 
Love to God wanting . 98 

II. It is hostile towards him 100 

III. The degree of its hostility. 
1. Resists the strongest in- 
ducements to love. 2. The 
strongest obligation. 3. Re- 
sists conviction. 4. It is un- 
remitting and impenitent. 5. 
It is unfounded and unjust. 
6. In the highest degree un- 
grateful. 7. Voluntary. 8. 
Occasions total insensibility 
to the claims of God. 9. Pro- 
duces misrepresentations, 
persecution, riots, &c. . 102 

Disposition towards men. Sel- 
fishness supreme . . 109 

CHAPTER IV. 
Impossible to deliver himself 112 



FIFTH GENERAL TOPIC. 

DESERT OF SIN . 112 



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CONTENTS. 



XV 



PART II. 
WAY OF SALVATION BY GRACE 



FIRST GENERAL TOPIC, i 

PROVISIONS ON THE PART OF GOD. 

CHAPTER I. 

The curse of the law removed, and pro' 
bation removed by the sufferings of 
Christ. 

§ 1. Types 121 

§ 2. Various representations ; Christ 
a redeemer ; ransom ; lamb of 
God; propitiation; atonement 123 
§ 3. This deliverance provided for 

all . . . 126 

CHAPTER II. 

Fitness of character provided by the 
Holy Ghost. 



§ 1. 

§ 2. 
§ 3. 

§ 4. 



Convincing of sin . 127 

Renewing the heart . . 127 

Enlightening, sanctifying, and 

upholding the Christian . 128 
Spirit may be resisted . 130 

CHAPTER III. 

Means of Grace. 
The Word . . 130 



SECOND GENERAL TOPIC. 

TERMS OF ACCEPTANCE. 

CHAPTER I. 

Repentance. 

§ 1. The duty enjoined . . 133 

§ 2. Acceptance promised to the 

penitent . . 134 

§ 3. God's displeasure at impeni- 
tence . . . 135 

§ 4. Repentance described. Con- 
sciousness of guilt. Godly sor- 
row. Renunciation. Confes- 
sion. Restitution . 136 

§ 6. Means of Repentance. Reflec- 
tion. Study of God's Word. 
Inducements . . 139 

§ 6. Repentance illustrated. I. In- 
stances of Repentance. Isra- 
el; Nebuchadnezzar; Zacche- 
us; Malefactor; Paul; David 140 

II. The convicted Sinner . 142 

III. Language of the Penitent. 

IV. The Convert . 143 



CHAPTER II. 

Faith. 

§ 1. Faith required . . 144 
§ 2. Described . . .146 
§ 3. Illustrated. Abraham ; the Cen- 
turion ; Martha ; Paul, &c. 147 
§ 4. How obtained . . .148 
§ 5. Evidence of faith . . 150 
§ 6. Objects of faith . . 151 
& 7. Fruits of faith . . 151 



CHAPTER III. 

Confession of^Christ . 152 

CHAPTER IV. 
The Church. 

1. Christian believers a distinct 
community . . . 153 

2. The unity of the Church 153 

3. Ordinances of the Church. I. 
Public worship. 1. Appointed. 

2. Exercises: praise; prayer; 
instruction ; benedictions ; so- 
cial meetings . . 154 

II. Seals of Covenant. Bap- 
tism. 1. Baptism^of John 157 

2. Christian baptism . 158 

3. Relation of baptism to 
Jewish rites . . 159 

III. Memorials. Of deliverance 
among the Jews. The Sa- 
crament . . 160 

IV. Religious festivals: thanks- 
givings; fasts . . 161 

Ministers of Instruction and 
government. I. The ministry 
appointed . . 163 

II. Character they should pos- 
sess .... 166 

III. Duties of the Ministry 167 

IV. To be supported . 172 

V. Duties toward the Ministry 173 

VI. The Minister's reward. 
VII. Ministerial responsibili- 
ties . . . .174 

VIII. Officers of secular affairs. 
IX. False teachers . 175 

Discipline, or government of 
the Church. I. Authority, na- 
ture, and where vested . 177 

II. Rule and process of disci- 
pline. III. Does not extend 
to conscience or faith . 179 

IV. Restoration of an offender 180 



§ 5. 



§ 6. 



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XVI 



CONTENTS. 



THIRD GENERAL f &PIC. 

THE CHRISTIAN. 
CHAPTER I. 

Feelings and principles to be cherished, 
contrasted with those to be avoided. 

§ 1. Humility; Pride . . 181 

§ 2. Benevolence ; Covetousness 184 
§ 3. Love. I. To God; enjoined; 
how evinced. II. To Chris- 
tians; enjoined; how culti- 
vated; its fruits. III. To all 
men ; enemies as well as 
friends. IV. Passions and 
practices hy which the law 
of love is violated : malice ; 
wrath ; envy ; evil speaking ; 
strife . . .187 

§ 4. Charity. Bigotry . .191 

§ 5. Deadness to the world. I. To 
its riches. II. Its honors. 
III. Its pleasures . 193 

§ 6. Solicitude for the welfare of the 
church and salvation of sin- 
ners . . 194 
§ 7. Prayer ; devotion. I. The du- 
ty. II. Address in prayer 196 

III. Adoration . . 198 

IV. Objects of prayer : person- 
al blessings ; revival and ex- 
tension of religion ; for ene- 
mies . . .198 

V. Argument in Prayer. 1. 
God's regard for his name and 
cause . . . 201 

2. For his covenant and prom- 
ises . . .202 

3. Argument from former mer- 
cies and deliverances. VI. 
Confession . . . 203 

VII. Importunity in prayer 204 

VIII. Encouragement to pray; 
promises ; illustrations . 205 

IX. Characteristics of a spirit 
of acceptable prayer. 1. Sin- 
cerity. 2. Faith. 3. Sub- 
mission. 4. Forgiveness. 5. 
With purity of heart. 6. With 
fervor . . . 207 

X. How prayer is hindered 209 

XI. Positions in prayer. XII. 
Kinds of prayer. 1. Secret 210 

2. Social. 3. Public . 211 
XIII. Occasional prayers. 1. 
Dedication. 2. The Savior's 
at the Communion. 3. In 
distress. 4. Penitential 212 
Confidence rh God . 214 

Moral cour#ge~f encountering 
opposition&mrlessly; rebuking 
sin; opposing sinful customs 
and maxims ; breasting un- 
sanctioned public sentiment ; 
extending to sacrifice of life 220 
Watchfulness : over the heart ; 
life ; against temptation 221 



§ 8. 
§ 9. 



§ 10. 



§ 11. Perseverance: its necessity; 
secured by the continued grace 
of God; evils of apostacy ; back- 
sliding . .223 

CHAPTER II. 

Christian Deportment and Duties. 

§ 1 . Of the tongue . . .226 

§ 2. Duties from social relations. I. 
Marriage relation. Appointed of 
God; widows; the relative 
duties; fornication; maniage 
of Christians with unbeliev- 
ers; duties where the rela- 
tion is already formed with 
unbelievers ; divorce ; second 
marriage ; fornication ; its 
fearful prevalence, and God's 
indignation against it . 226 

II. Parental relation ; its du- 
ties ; religious instruction ; 
government and provision on 
the part of the parent ; obe- 
dience, gratitude, love from 
children ; fruit of a faithful 
performance of these duties; 
consequences of neglecting 
them . . .230 

III. Master and servant . 232 
§ 3. Civil relations. I. Duties of 

subjects to rulers ; duty when 
the demands of rulers contro- 
vert the law or will of God. 
II. Duties of rulers . . 233 

HI. Consequences of per- 
verting judgment. IV. Rul- 
ers subject to God ; exalted ; 
deposed ; directed by Him 234 
§ 4. Consecration to Christ and his 
cause. I. Supreme devotion. 

II. Property consecrated to 
Christ . . . 235 

III. Personal effort . . 236 
§ 5. Sanctification, and increasing in 

holiness ; resisting sin ; en- 
couragements ; exhortations; 
means; how to be obtained 237 

§ 6 Resisting temptation. I. Spirits 
have access to us and influence 
over us ; good spirits; evil 
spirits . . . 244 

II. This influence may be re- 
sisted . . . 246 

§ 7. Self-denial ; wine and strong 
drink ; Nazarites ; total absti- 
nence . . . 246 

CHAPTER III. 

Evidences of Piety. 

§ 1. Evidences from the life, or obe- 
dience . . . 249 

§ 2. From supreme love to God ; 

how evinced . . 251 

§ 3. From love to Christians . 252 

§ 4. From love to enemies and all 

men . . .252 



CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER IV. 

Doctrines of Grace. 

§ 1. Redemption by Christ. I. Effica- 
cy of his death. II. Influence 
of his resurrection and life 253 

§ 2. Regeneration ; various repre- 
sentations of a saving change 253 

§ 3. Election. I. God chooses the 

heirs of salvation . . 254 

II. This choice regulated by 
wise and benevolent reasons 256 

III. Does not interfere with a 
voluntary acceptance or rejec- 
tion of the Gospel ; or the ex- 
ercise of free will . . 257 

§ 4. Effectual calling . . 258 

§ 5. Assurance of divine protection to 

the Christian . .260 

§ 6. Sufferings in this world not ne- 
cessarily retributive; good and 
evil often suffer alike ; are 
blessed alike ; . . 260 

§ 7. Conscience, or moral sense ; not 
an infallible monitor ; it is to 
be cherished and cultivated 262 

§ 8. Millennium ; universal triumph 

of Christ on earth . 263 

§ 9. Probation after death . . 264 

FOURTH GENERAL TOPIC. 

THE FINAL ISSUE. 

CHAPTER I. 

Dissolution of the Body. 

\ 1. The portion of all, good and bad 265 
I. Our life in God's hand. II. 
Death near and time uncertain 266 

CHAPTER II. 

Separate existence of the soul 266 

CHAPTER III. 

Resurrection. The fact ; all 
will be raised ; character of 
the new system . . 267 

CHAPTER IV. 

The Judgment. 

Declared ; the judge ; the per- 
sons judged ; the rule of judg- 
ment or law; the charges; 
the sentence . . 270 

CHAPTER V. 

Blessedness of the penitent Believer. 

§ 1. Protection in life . . 272 

§ 2. Support in death . 275 

§ 3. Rewarded according to their 

character and works . . 275 
§ 4. They have rest . . 278 

§ 5. They are free from sin and suf- 
fering . . . . 278 



§ 6. They are employed in the ser- 
vice of God . . 278 
§ 7. An everlasting portion . . 278 

CHAPTER VI. 

Portion of the Impenitent and Unbe- 
lieving. 

§ 1. Disquietude in life . 279 

§ 2. Comfortless death . . 279 

§ 3. Removal from the good things of 

earth . . 279 

Banishment from heaven . 280 
Hell . . 281 

Just retribution for their works 284 
Removal . . .284 

§ 8. Condemnation aggravated, by 

rejecting the gospel . 289 
§ 9. Hopeless . . .290 



§ 4. 
§ 5- 

§ 

§ 



FIFTH GENERAL TOPIC. 

SCENES IN THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

CHAPTER I. 

His Birth and Childhood. 

Annunciation ; birth ; worship 
of the shepherds; the wise 
men ; the flight to Egypt 292 

CHAPTER II. 

The Closing Scenes of his Life. 

§ 1. The supper at Bethany ; the an- 
ointing ; Remonstrance of 
Judas . . .295 

§ 2. His public entrance into Jeru- 
salem . . .295 
§ 3. Scenes in the Temple. I. Its 
expurgation. II. Christ con- 
victs and condemns the Phari- 
sees; his last public discourse. 
III. They conspire against 
him. IV. He predicts the 
destruction of the temple 
and city . . .296 
§ 4. The last Passover. Humility 
illustrated; the traitor disclos- 
ed ; sacrament instituted . 299 
§ 5. Christ's last hours with his, dis- 
ciples . . . • 300 
§ 6. Gethsemane . . 303 
§ 7. His betrayal and arrest . 303 
§ 8. His trial and condemnation ; 
before the Sanhedrim ; the 
Procurator . . 304 
§ 9. His execution . 305 
§ 10. Six hours upon the cross ; con- 
duct of his enemies; of the suf- 
ferer; the sympathy of nature 306 
§ II. The burial * . .307 
§ 12. The Resurrection . . 308 
§ 13. A risen Savior; seen by Mary, 
Peter, Cleophas,andhis com- 
panion; the eleven; Thomas ; 
more than live hundred . 309 
§ 14. The Ascension . . 311 



PART I. 

MAN SELF-DESTROYED. 



BIBLICAL ANALYSIS, 



I. GENERAL TOPIC 



GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES 



CHAPTER I. 

THE EXISTENCE OF ONE GOD. 



§ 



HIS EXISTENCE DECLARED. 



Gen. 17: 1. I am the Almighty 
God. 

23: 13. And behold the Lord 
stood above it and said, I am the 
Lord God of Abraham thy father, 
and the God of Isaac. 

Ex. S: 14. And the Lord said to 
Moses, I AM THAT I AM. 

20: 1. And God spake all these 
words, saying, I am the Lord thy 
God, which have brought thee out 
of the land of Egypt, out of the 
house of bondage. Thou shalt 
have no other gods before me. 
Thou shalt not make unto thee any 
graven image, or any likeness of 
any thing: that is in heaven above, 
or that is in the earth beneath, or 
that is in the water under the earth: 
thou shalt not bow down thyself to 
them, nor serve them. 

Deut. 32: 39. See now that I, 
even I, am he, and there is no god 
with me: I kill, and I make alive ; 
I wound, and I heal: neither is 
there any that can deliver out of my 
hand. 

Isa. 43: 10. Ye are my witnesses, 
saith the Lord, and my servant 
whom I have chosen: that ye may 
know and believe me, and under- 
stand that I am he: before me there 
was no God formed, neither shall 
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there be after me. I even I, am the 
Lord ; and beside me there is no 
Savior. I have declared, and have 
saved, and I have showed, when 
there was no strange god among 
you : therefore ye are my witnesses, 
saith the Lord, that I am God. 
Yea, before the day was, I am he ; 
and there is none that can deliver 
out of my hand: I will work, and 
who shall let it? 

42: 8. I am the Lord: that is 
my name: and my glory will I not 
give to another, neither my praise 
to graven images. 

45: 5. I am the Lord, and there 
is none else, there is no God beside 
me: I girded thee, though thou 
hast not known me: that they may 
know from the rising of the sun, 
and from the west, that there is none 
beside me. I am the Lord, and 
there is none else. 

Deut. 6: 4. The Lord our God 
is one Lord. 

45: 5. The Lord he is God: 
there is none else. 



§ 2. his existence shown by the 
works of creation. 

Gen. 1:1. In the beginning God 
created the heavens and the earth. 

Ps. 19: 1. The heavens declare 
the glory of God ; and the firma- 
ment showeth his handy work. Day 
unto day uttereth speech, and night 



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EXISTENCE OF ONE GOD. 



[CH. 



unto night showeth knowledge. 
There is no speech nor language 
where their voice is not heard. 
Their line has gone out through 
all the earth, and their words to the 
end of the world. In them hath 
he set a tabernacle for the sun, 
■which is as a bridegroom coming 
out of his chamber, and rejoiceth 
as a strong- man to run a race. His 

foing forth is from the end of the 
eaven, and his circuit unto the 
ends of it: and there is nothing hid 
from the heat thereof. 

Isa. 40: 12. Who hath measured 
the waters in the hollow of his hand, 
and meted out heaven with the 
span, and comprehended the dust 
of the earth in a measure, and 
weighed the mountains in scales, 
and the hills in a balance? 

Ps. 100: 3. Know ye that the 
Lord he is God: it is he that hath 
made us, and not we ourselves. 

95: 3. For the Lord is a great 
God, and a great King above all 
gods. In his hands are the deep 
places of the sea: the strength of 
the hills is his also. The sea is 
his and he made it ; and his hands 
formed the dry land. 

Heb. 3: 4. He that built all 
things is God. 

Acts 17: 24. God, that made 
the world and all things therein, 
seeing that he is Lord of heaven 
and earth, dwelleth not in temples 
made with hands. 

Zec. 12: 1. Thus saith the Lord, 
which stretcheth forth the heavens, 
and layeth the foundation of the 
earth, and fonneth the spirit of man 
within him. 

Rom. 1 : 20. The invisible things 
of him from the creation of the 
world are clearly seen, even his 
eternal power and Godhead, so 
that they [the heathen] are with- 
out excuse. 



§ S. EVIDENCE OF HIS EXISTENCE 
FROM HIS WORKS OF PROVIDENCE. 

Ex. 5:1. And afterward Moses 
and Aaron went in, and told Pha- 
raoh, Thus saith the Lord God of 
Israel, Let my people go, that they 
may hold a feast unto me in the 
wilderness. And Pharaoh said, 
Who is the Lord, that I should 



obey his voice to let Israel go? I 
know not the Lord, neither will I 
let Israel go. 

7:17. Thus saith the Lord, in 
this thou shalt know that I am the 
Lord: behold, I will smite with 
the rod that is in mine hand upon 
the waters which are in the river, 
and they shall be turned to blood. 

8:16. And the Lord said unto 
Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch 
out thy rod, and smite the dust of 
the land, that it may become lice 
throughout all the land of Egypt. 
And they did so. Then the ma- 
gicians said unto Pharaoh, This is 
the finger of God: and Pharaoh's 
heart was hardened, and he heark- 
ened not unto them ; as the Lord 
had said. 

22. And I will sever in that 
day the land of Goshen, in which 
my people dwell, that no swarms 
of flies shall be there ; to the end 
thou mayest know that I am the 
Lord in the midst of the earth. 
And I will put a division between 
my people and thy people: to-mor- 
row shall this sign be. And the 
Lord did so; and tnere came a 
grievous swarm of flies into the 
house of Pharaoh, and into his 
servants' houses, and into all the 
land of Egypt: the land was cor- 
rupted by reason of the swarm of 
flies. 

14: 3. For Pharaoh will say of 
the children of Israel, They are 
entangled in the land, the wilder- 
ness hath shut them in. And I 
will harden Pharaoh's heart, that 
he shall follow after them ; and I 
will be honored upon Pharaoh, and 
upon all his host ; that the Egyp- 
tians may know that I am the 
Lord. And they did so. 

29. But the children of Is- 
rael walked upon dry land in the 
midst of the sea ; and the waters 
were a wall unto them on their 
right hand, and on their left. Thus 
the Lord saved Israel that day 
out of the hand of the Egyptians ; 
and Israel saw the Egyptians dead 
upon the sea-shore. And Israel 
saw that great work which the 
Lord did upon the Egyptians: 
and the people feared the Lord, 
and believed the Lord, and his 
servant Moses. 

18: 10. And Jethrosaid, Blessed 
be the Lord, who hath delivered 



en. ii.] 



god's existence underived. 



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you out of the hand of the Egyp- 
tians, and out of the hand of Pha- 
raoh, who hath delivered the peo- 
ple from under the hand of the 
Egyptians. Now I know that the 
Lord is greater than all gods: for 
in the thing wherein they dealt 
proudly he ivas above them. 

IT 20: 18. And all the people saw 
the thunderings, and the lightnings, 
and the noise of the trumpet, and 
the mountain smoking: and when 
the people saw it, they removed, 
and stood afar off. And they said 
unto Moses, Speak thou with us, 
and we will hear: but. let not God 
speak with us, lest we die. And 
Moses said unto the people, Fear 
not: for God is come to prove you, 
and that his fear may be before 
your faces, that ye sin not. 

20: 22. And the Lord said 
unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say 
unto the children of Israel, Ye have 
seen that I have talked with you 
from heaven. Ye shall not make 
with me gods of silver, neither shall 
ye make unto you gods of gold. 

29: 46. And they shall know 
that I am the Lord their God, 
that brought them forth out of the 
land of Egypt, that I may dwell 
among them: I am the Lord their 
God. 

Deut. 4: 32. For ask now of 
the days that are past, which were 
before thee, since the day that God 
created man upon the earth, and 
ask from the one side of heaven 
unto the other, whether there hath 
been any such thing as this great 
thing is, or hath been heard like it? 
Did ever people hear the voice of 
God speaking out of the midst of 
the fire, as thou hast heard, and 
live? Or hath God assayed to go 
and take him a nation from the 
midst of another nation, by tempta- 
tions, by signs, and by wonders, 
and by war, and by a mighty hand, 
and by a stretched-out arm, and by 
great terrors, according to all that 
the Lord your God did for you in 
Egypt before your eyes? Unto thee 
it was showed, that thou mightest 
know that the Lord he is (God ; 
there is none else beside him. Out 
of heaven he made thee to hear his 
voice, that he might instruct thee: 
and upon earth he showed thee his 
great fire ; and thou heardest his 



words out of the midst of the fire. 
— 39. Know therefore this day, 
and consider it in thine heart, that 
the Lord he t« God in heaven 
above, and upon the earth beneath: 
there is none else. 

2 Chrom. 33: 10. And the Lord 
spake to Manasseh, and to his peo- 
ple: but they would not hearken. 
Wherefore the Lord brought up- 
on them the captains of the host of 
the king of Assyria, which took 
Manasseh among the thorns, and 
bound him with fetters, and carried 
him to Babylon. And when he was 
in affliction, he besought the Lord 
his God, and humbled himself 
greatly before the God of his fa- 
thers, and prayed unto him: and he 
was intreated of him, and heard 
his supplication, and brought him 
again to Jerusalem into his king- 
dom. Then Manasseh knew that 
the Lord he was God. 

Ps. 9: 16. The Lord is known 
by the judgments which he execu- 
teth. 



CHAPTER II. 

HIS ATTRIBUTES. 

§ 1. HIS EXISTENCE UNDERIVED 
AND ETERNAL. 

Ex. 3: 13. And Moses said unto 
God, Behold, when I come unto the 
children of Israel, and shall say unto 
them. The God of your fathers hath 
sent me unto you ; and they shall 
say to me, Whatz's his name? what 
shall I say unto them? And God 
said unto Moses, I AM THAT I 
AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou 
say unto the children of Israel, I 
AM hath sent me unto you. 

6: 2. And God spake unto 
Moses, and said unto him, I am the 
Lord: and I appeared unto Abra- 
ham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, 
by the name of God Almighty, but 
by my name JEHOVAH was I not 
known to them. 

Deut. 33: 26. There is none like 
unto the God of Jeshurun, who 
rideth upon the heaven in thy help, 
and in his excellency on the sky. 
The eternal God is thy refuge. And 



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ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 



POWER. 



[CH II. 



underneath are the everlasting 
arms: and he shall thrust out the 
enemy from before thee ; and shall 
say, Destroy them. 

32: 40. For I lift up my hand to 
heaven, and say, I live for ever. 

Ps. 102: 24. Thy years are 
throughout all generations. Of old 
hast thou laid the foundation of the 
earth ; and the heavens are the work 
of thy hands. They shall perish, but 
thou shalt endure: yea, all of them 
shall wax old like a garment ; as a 
vesture shalt thou change them and 
they shall be changed: but thou art 
the same, and thy years shall have 
no end. 

135: 13. Thy name, O Lord, 
endureth for ever ; and thy memo- 
rial, Lord, throughout all gen- 
erations. 

145: 13. Thy kingdom is an 
everlasting kingdom, and thy do- 
minion endureth throughout all gen- 
erations, 

1T Isa. 44: 6. Thus saith the Lord, 
the King of Israel, and his Redeem- 
er, the Lord of hosts; I am the first, 
and l am the last ; and beside me 
there is no God. And who, as I, 
shall call, and shall declare it, and 
set it in order for me, since I ap- 
pointed the ancient people ? And 
the things that are coming, and shall 
come, let them show unto them. 

48: 12. Hearken unto me, O 
Jacob and Israel, my Called ; I am 
he ; I am the first, I also am the last. 
Mine hand also hath laid the foun- 
dation of the eath, and my right 
hand hath spanned the heavens: 
when I call unto them, they staud 
up together. 

63: 16. Thy name is from ever- 
lasting. 

Ps. 90: 2. From everlasting to 
.everlasting thou art God. — 4. A 
thousand years in thy sight, are but 
as yesterday when it is past, and as 
a watch in the night, 

102: 12. Thou, O Lord, shalt 
endure for ever, and thy remem- 
brance unto all generations. Thy 
years are throughout all genera- 
tions. Thou arffhe same, and thy 
years shall have no end. 

Mal, 3: 6. I am the Lord, I 
change not. 

J a. 1: 17. With whom is no 
variableness, neither shadow of 
turning. 



Rev. 1: 4. Grace be unto you, 
and peace from him which is, and 
which was, and which is to come. 
I am Alpha and Omega ; the be- 
ginning and the ending: which is, 
and which was, and which is to 
come. 



§ 



HIS ORIGINATING POWER. 



Gen. 1: 1. In the beginning God 
created the Heaven and the Earth. 
And God said, Let there be light: 
and there was light. And God said, 
Let there be a firmament in the 
midst of the waters, and let it di- 
vide the waters from the waters. 
And God said, Let there be lights 
in the firmament of the Heaven, 
to divide the day from the night ; 
and let them be for signs, and for 
seasons, and for days, and years: 
and let them be for lights in the fir- 
mament of the Heaven, to give light 
upon the earth: and it was so. And 
God said, Let the waters bring forth 
abundantly the moving creature that 
hath life, and fowl that may fly above 
the earth in the open firmament of 
Heaven. 

21. And God created great 
whales, and every living crea- 
ture that m'oveth, which the waters 
brought forth abundantly after their 
kind; and every winged fowl after 
his kind ; and God saw that it was 
good. 

2: 7. And the Lord God formed 
man of the dust of the ground, and 
breathed into his nostrils the breath 
of life, and man became a living 
soul. 

Ps. 33: 6. By the word of the 
Lord were the heavens made ; 
and all the host of them by the 
breath of his mouth. He gathereth 
the waters of the sea together as an 
heap: he layeth up the depth in 
store-houses. For he spake, and it 
was done ; he commanded, and it 
stood fast. 

Ps. 100: 3. Know ye that the 
Lord he is God : it is he that hath 
made us, and not we ourselves ; 
we are his people, and the sheep 
of his pasture. 

Ps. 104: 1. Bless the Lord, O 
my soul. O Lord my God, thou 
art very great ; thou art clothed 
with honor and majesty. Who 



CH. 



«■] 



OMNIPRESENCE. 



KNOWLEDGE. 



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cove rest thyself with light as with a 
garment: who stretehest out the 
heavens like a curtain : who layeth 
the beams of his chambers in the 
waters: who maketh the clouds his 
chariot: who walketh upon the 
wings of the wind: vjJio laid the 
foundations of the earth, that it 
should not be removed for ever. 
Thou coveredst it with the deep as 
with a garment: the waters stood 
above the mountains. At thy rebuke 
they fled ; at the voice of thy thun- 
der they hasted away. 

IT Isa.45: 11. Thussaith the Lord, 
the Holy One of Israel, and his 
Maker, Ask me of things to come 
concerning my sons, and concerning 
the work of my hands command ye 
me. I have made the earth, and 
created man upon it ; I, even my 
hands, have stretched out the heav- 
ens, and all their host have I com- 
manded. 

Jer. 27: 4. Thus saith the 
Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; 
Thus shall ye say unto your mas- 
ters ; I have made the earth, 
the man and the beast that are 
upon the ground, by my great 
power and by my outstretched arm, 
and have given it unto whom it 
seemed meet unto me. 

Isa. 45: 7. I form light and 
I create darkness. I make peace, 
and I create evil. I the Lord do all 
these things. 

Acts 17: 22. Then Paul stood in 
the midst of Mars-hill, and said, 
Ye men of Athens, I perceive that 
in all things ye are too superstitious. 
For as I passed by, and beheld your 
devotions, I found an altar with this 
inscription, "to the unknown 
god." Whom therefore ye igno- 
rantly worship, him declare I unto 
you. God that made the world, and 
all things therein, seeing that he is 
Lord of heaven and earth, dvvell- 
eth not in temples marie with hands: 
neither is worshipped with men's 
hands, as though he needed any 
thing, seeing he giveth to all life, 
and breath, and all things: and hath 
made of one blood all nations of 
men for to dwell on all the face of 
the earth, and hath determined the 
times before appointed, and the 
bounds of their habitation ; that 
they should seek the Lord, if 
haply they might feel after him, and 



find him, though he be not far from 
every one of us ; for in him we live, 
and move, and have our being ; as 
certain also of your own poets have 
said, 

" For we arc also his offspring." 

Forasmuch then as we are the off- 
spring of God, we ought not to think 
that the Godhead is like unto gold, 
or silver, or stone, graven by art and 
man's device. 



§ 8. NOT MATTER. 

John 4: 24. God is a spirit. 

2 Cor. 3: 17. Now the Lord 
is that spirit, and where the spirit of 
the Lord is, there is liberty. 



§4. 



OMNIPRESENCE. 



Ps. 139: 7. Whither shall I go 
from thy spirit? or, whither shall I 
flee from thy presence? If I ascend 
up into heaven, thou art there: if I 
make my bed in hell, behold, thou 
art there. If I take the wings of the 
morning, and dwell in the utter- 
most parts of the sea ; even there 
shall thy hand lead me, and thy 
right hand shall hold me. 

Jer. 23: 23. Am I a God at hand, 
saith the Lord, and not a God afar 
off? Can any hide himself in secret 
places that I shall not see him ? saith 
the Lord. Do not I fill heaven 
and earth? saith the Lord. I have 
heard what the prophets said, that 
prophesy lies in my name, saying, 
" I have dreamed, I have dreamed. 55 

1 K. 8: 27. Behold the heavens, 
and heaven of heavens cannot con- 
tain thee. 

Pr. 15:3. The eyes of the Lord 
are in every place beholding the 
evil and the good. 

1 Chron. 28: 9. The Lord 
searcheth all hearts ; and under- 
standeth all the imaginations of the 
thoughts. 



§ 5. HIS KNOWLEDGE INTUITIVE, 
OR UNDERIVED. 

Ps. 33: 13. The Lord looketh 
from heaven ; he beholdeth all the 



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ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 



KNOWLEDGE. 



[CH. II. 



sons of men. From the place of his 
habitation he looketh upon all the in 
habitants of the earth. He fashion- 
eth their hearts alike ; he consider- 
ed all their works. 

94: 9. He that planted the ear, 
shall he not hear ? he that formed 
the eye, shall he not see ? he that 
chastiseth the heathen, shall not he 
correct ? he that teacheth man 
knowledge, shall not he know? The 
Lord knoweth the thoughts of 
man, that they are but vanity. 

113: 4. The Lord is high above 
all nations, and his glory above the 
heavens. Who is like unto the 
Lord our God, who dwclleth on 
high ; who humbleth himself to be- 
hold the things that are in heaven, 
and in the earth ! 

Ps. 139: 1. Lord, thou hast 
searched me, and known me. Thou 
knowest my down-sitting and mine 



up- nsin< 



thou understandest mv 



thought afar off. Thou compassest 
my path and my lying down, and 
art acquainted ivith all my ways. 
For there is not a word^ in my 
tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou 
knowest it altogether. Thou hast 
beset me behind and before, and 
laid thine hand upon me. Such 
knowledge is too wonderful for me: 
it is high, I cannot attain unto it. 
If I say, Surely the darkness shall 
cover me, even the night shall be 
light about me. Yea, the darkness 
hideth not from thee ; but the night 
shineth as the day: the darkness and 
the light are both alike to thee. I 
will praise thee ; for I am fearfully 
and wonderfully made: marvellous 
are thy works; and that my soul 
knoweth right well. My substance 
was not hid from thee, when I was 
made in secret, and curiously 
wrought in the lowest parts of the 
earth. 

Isa. 40: 13. Who hath directed 
the spirit of the Lord, or being his 
counsellor hath taught him? with 
whom took he counsel, and who in- 
structed him, and taught him in the 
path of judgment, and taught him 
knowledge, and snowed to him the 
way of understanding? Behold, the 
nations are as a drop of a bucket, 
and are counted as the small dust of 
the balance: behold, he taketh up' 
the isles as a very little thing. 



§6. 



UNLIMITED. 



Job 26: 6. Hell is naked before 
him, and destruction hath no cov- 
ering. He stretcheth out the north 
over the empty place, and hangeth 
the earth upon nothing. He bindeth 
up the waters in his thick clouds ; 
and the cloud is not rent under 
them. He holdeth back the face of 
his throne, and spreadeth his cloud 
upon it. He hath compassed the 
waters with bounds, until the day 
and night come to an end. The 
pillars of heaven tremble and are 
astonished at his reproof. He divi- 
deth the sea with his power, and by 
his understanding he smiteth through 
the proud. By his spirit he hath 
garnished the heavens ; his hand 
hath formed the crooked serpent. 
Lo, these are parts of his ways: 
but how little a portion is heard of 
him? But the thunder of his power 
who can understand ? 

31: 12. Behold, in this thou art 
not just: I will answer thee, that 
God is greater than man. Why dost 



thou strive against 



for he 



giveth not account of any of his 
matters. 

34:21. For his eyes are upon the 
ways of man, and he seeth all his 
goings. There is no darkness, nor 
shadow of death, where the work- 
ers of iniquity may hide them- 
selves. For he will not lay upon 
man more than right-, that he should 
enter into judgment with God. 

37: 14. Stand still, and consider 
the wondrous works of God. Dost 
thou know when God disposed 
them, and caused the light of his 
cloud to shine? dest thou know 
the balancings of the clouds, the 
wondrous works of him which is 
perfect in knowledge? hast thou 
with him spread out the sky, which 
is strong, and as a molten looking- 
glass? Teach us what we shall say 
unto him ; for we cannot order our 
speech by reason of darkness. 

38: 17. Have the gates of death 
been opened unto thee? or hast thou 
seen the doors of the shadow of 
death? Hast thou perceived the 
breadth of the earth? declare if thou 
knowest it all. Where m the way 
where light dwellcth? and as for 
darkness, where is the place thereof? 

Pr. 15: 11. Hell and destruction 



ca. 



"•] 



UNLIMITED. 



FOREKNOWLEDGE. 



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are before the Lord: how much 
more then the hearts of the chil- 
dren of men ? 

17:3. The fining-pot is for sil- 
ver, and the furnace for gold: but 
the Lord trieth the hearts. 

If 21 : 2. Every way of a man is 
right in his own eyes: but the 
Lord pondereth the hearts. To do 
justice and judgment is more accept- 
able to the Lord than sacrifice. 

Isa. 45: 21. Tell ye, and bring 
them near ; yea, let them take coun- 
sel together: who hath declared this 
from ancient time? who hath told it 
from that time? have not I the 
Lord? and there is no God else 
beside me ; a just God and a Sa- 
vior- there is none beside me. Look 
unto me, and be ye saved, all the 
ends of the earth: for I am God, 
and there is none else. 

46: 9. Remember the former things 
of old ; for I am God, and there is 
none else ; lam God, and there is 
none like me, declaring the end from 
the beginning, and from ancient 
times the things that are not yet 
done, saying, My counsel shall 
stand, and 1 will do all my pleasure: 
calling a ravenous bird from the 
east, the man that executeth my 
counsel from a far country: yea, I 
have spoken it, I will also bring it 
to pass ; I have purposed it, 1 will 
also do it. 

Job 39: 22. With God is terri- 
ble majesty. Touching the Al- 
mighty, we cannot find him out: he 
is excellent in power, and in judg- 
ment, and in plenty of justice: he 
will not afflict. Men do therefore 
fear him: he respecteth not any 
that are wise of heart. 

Isa. 40: 25. To whom then will 
ye liken me, or shall I be equal? 
saith the Holy One. Lift up your 
eyes on high, and behold who hath 
created these things, that bringcth 
out their host by number: he calleth 
them all by names, by the greatness 
of his might, for that he is strong in 
power ; not one faileth. Why say- 
est thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O 
Israel, my way is hid from the 
Lord, and my judgment is passed 
over from my God ? hast thou not 
known? hast thou not heard, that 
the everlasting God, the Lord, 
the Creator of the ends of the earth, 
fainteth not, neither is weary ? there 



is no searching of his understand- 
ing. He giveth power to the faint; 
and to them that have no might he 
increaseth strength. 

IF Jer. 17: 9. The heart is deceit- 
ful above all things, and desperately- 
wicked: who can know it? I the 
Lord search the heart, I try the 
reins, even to give every man ac- 
cording to his ways, and according 
to the fruit of his doings. 

Dan. 2: 20. Then Daniel blessed 
the God of heaven. Daniel answerd 
and said, Blessed be the name of 
God for ever and ever: for wisdom 
and might are his: and he changeth 
the times and the seasons: he re- 
moveth kings, and setteth up kings: 
he giveth wisdom unto the wise, 
and knowledge to them that know 
understanding: he revealeth the 
deep and secret things: he knoweth 
what is in the darkness, and the 
light dwelieth with him. 

Isa. 29: 15. Woe unto them that 
seek deep to hide their counsel from 
the Lord. And their works are 
in the dark, and they say, Who 
seeth us? and who knoweth us? 
Surely your turning of things up- 
side down shall be esteemed as the 
potter's clay: for shall the work say 
of him that made it, He made me 
not? Or shall the thing framed say 
of him that framed it, he had no 
understanding? 

Jer. 51: 15. He hath made the 
earth by his power, he hath estab- 
lished the world by his wisdom, and 
hath stretched out the heaven by his 
understanding. When he uttereth 
his voice, there is a multitude of wa- 
ters in the heavens ; and he causeth 
the vapors to ascend from the ends 
of the earth: he inaketh lightnings 
with rain, and bringeth forth the 
wind out of his treasures. 

Mat. 10: 26. There is nothing 
hid that shall not be known. 

1 Cor. 4: 5. God will bring to 
light the hidden things of darkness ; 
and will make manifest the counsels 
of the heart. 



§ 7. not gradually acquired. 

Acts 15: 18. Known unto God 
are all his works, from the founda- 
tion of the world. 



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ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 



WISDOM. 



[CH. II. 



1 John 3: 20. God knoweth all 
things. 

Isa. 11: 2. The spirit of the 
Lord is the spirit of knowledge. 

43: 9. New things do I declare ; 
before they spring forth I tell you 
of them. 

46: 9, 10. I am God and there is 
none like me ; declaring the end 
from the beginning, and from an- 
cient times the things that are not 
yet done, saying, My counsel shall 
stand, and I will do all my pleasure. 

Heb. 4:13. Neither is there any 
creature that is not manifest in his 
sight ; but all things are naked and 
opened to the eyes of him with 
whom we have to do. 

Acts 2: 22. Ye men of Israel, 
hear these words ; Jesus of Naz- 
areth, a man approved of God 
among you by miracles, and won- 
ders, and signs, (which God did by 
him in the midst of you, as ye your- 
selves also know,) him, being de- 
livered by the determinate counsel 
and foreknowledge of God, ye have 
taken, and by wicked hands have 
crucified and slain. 



§ 8. WISDOM. 

Rom. 11 : 33. O the depth of the 
riches both of the wisdom and 
knowledge of God ! how unsearch- 
able arc his judgments, and his 
ways past finding out! For who 
hath known the mind of the Lord? 
or who hath been his counsellor? 
Or who hath first given to him, 
and it shall be recompensed unto 
him again? For of him, and 
through him, and to him, are all 
things: to whom be glory for ever! 
Amen. 

Job 5:8. I would seek unto God, 
and unto God would I commit my 
cause : which doeth great things and 
unsearchable; marvellous things 
without number: who giveth rain 
upon the earth, and sendeth waters 
upon the fields: to set up on high 
those that below ; that those which 
mourn may be exalted to safety. 
He disappointeth the devices of the 
crafty, so that their hands cannot 
perform their enterprise. He taketh 
the wise in their own craftiness: 
and the counsel of the fro ward is 
carried headlong. They meet with 



darkness in the day-time, and grope 
in the noon-day as in the night. 

12: 13. With him is wisdom and 
strength, he hath counsel and under- 
standing. Behold, he breaketh 
down, and it cannot be built again: 
he shutteth up a man, and there can 
be no opening. 

Ps. 104:24. Lord, how mani- 
fold are thy works! In wisdom hast 
thou made them all: the earth is 
full of thy riches. So is this great 
and wide sea, wherein are things 
creeping innumerable, both small 
and great beasts. 

Pr. 9: 22. The Lord possessed 
me in the beginning of his way, 
before his works of old. I was set 
up from everlasting, from the 
beginning, or ever the earth was. 
When there were no depths, I was 
brought forth ; when there were no 
fountains abounding with water. 
Before the mountains were settled, 
before the hills was I brought forth: 
while as yet he had not made the 
earth, nor the fields, nor the highest 
part of the dust of the world. When 
he prepared the heavens, I was 
there: when he set a compass upon 
the face of the depth: when he es- 
tablished the clouds above: when 
he strengthened the fountains of the 
deep: when he gave to the sea his 
decree, that the waters should not 
pass his commandment: when he 
appointed the foundations of the 
earth: then 1 was by him, as one 
brought up with him: and I was 
daily his delight, rejoicing always 
before him. 



§ 9. moral sensibilities. 
I. God is Love. 1 J. 4 : 8. 

2 Cor. 13: 11. Be of one mind: 
live in Peace and the God of love 
shall be with you. 

1 J. 3: 16. Hereby perceive we 
the love of God, because he laid 
down his life for us. 

Isa. 63: 9. In his love and in his 
pity he redeemed them. 

Rom. 5: 8. God commendeth his 
love toward us, in that while we 
were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 

Deut. 7: 12. If thou wilt heark- 
en to these judgments and keep and 



CH. II.] 



GOD'S LOVE. OPPOSITION TO SIN. 



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do them, he will love thee, and 
bless thee, and multiply thee. 

10: 14. Behold the heaven, and 
the heaven of heavens is the Lord's 
thy God ; the earth also, with all 
that therein is ; only the Lord had 
a delight in thy fathers to love 
them. 

Hos. 14: 4. I will heal their 
backslidings, I will love them free- 
ly- 

John 14: 23. If a man love me, 
he will keep my commandments, 
and my father will love him. 

1 John 4:16. We have known and 
believed the love which God hath to 
ns. God is love ; and he that dwell- 
eth in love rhvellerh in God, and God 
in him. Love is of God. — 10. Here- 
in is love, not that we loved God ; 
but that he loved us. — 19. We love 
him because he first loved us. 

Mai.. 1:2. I have loved you, 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

John 3: 16. God so loved the 
world that he gave his only begot- 
ten Son, that whosoever believeth 
in him should not perish, but have 
everlasting life. 

Ps. 146: 8. The Lord loveth the 
righteous. 

Dedt. 10: S. The Lord loveth 
the stranger. 

John 16: 27. For the Father him- 
self loveth you, because ye have 
loved me. 

Ps. 36: 7. How excellent is thy 
loving kindness, O God! Therefore 
the sons of men put their trust un- 
der the shadow of thy wings. 

89:33. My loving kindness will 
I not utterly take from him. 

Jer. 31 : 3. I have loved thee 
with an everlasting love: therefore 
with loving kindness have I drawn 
thee. 

Mal. 1:2. I have loved you, saith 
the Lord. Yet ye say, '•' Wherein 
hast thou loved us? " Was not Esau 
Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: 
yet I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau, 
and laid his mountains and his her- 
itage waste for the dragons of the 
wilderness. 

II. Hatred, or opposition to sin. 

Deut. 5: 9. For I, the Lord thy 
God, am a jealous God, visiting the 
iniquity of the fathers u pon the child- 
ren, unto the third and fourth gene- 
ration of them that hate me, and 



showing mercy unto thousands of 
them that love me, and keep my 
commandments. 

7 : 9. Know therefore that the Lord 
thy God, he m God, the faithful God, 
which keepeth covenant and mercy 
with them that love him and keep 
his commandments to a thousand 
generations; and repayeth them that 
hate him to their face, to destroy 
them: he will not be slack to him 
that hateth him, he will repay him 
to his face. Thou shalt therefore 
keep the commandments, and the 
statutes, and the judgments, which 
I command theethisday, to do them. 

32: 41. If I whet my glittering 
sword, and mine hand take hold on 
judgment, I will render vengeance 
to mine enemies, and will reward 
them that hate me. 

Job 34: 25. Therefore he knoweth 
their works, and he overturneth 
them in the night, so that they are 
destroyed. He striketh them as 
wicked men in the open sight of 
others ; because they turned back 
from him, and would not consider 
any of his ways. — 29. And when he 
hideth his face, who then can be- 
hold him? whether it be done against 
a nation, or against a man only : that 
the hypocrite reign not, lest the peo- 
ple be ensnared. Surely it is meet to 
be said unto God, I have borne chas- 
tisement, I will not offend any more: 
that which I see not, teach thou me: 
if I have done iniquity, I will do no 
more. 

Ps. 34:16. The face of the Lord 
is against them that do evil. To cut 
off the remembrance of them from 
the earth. — 21. Evil shall slay the 
wicked ; and they that hate the 
righteous shall be desolate. 

50: 16. But unto the wicked God 
saith, What hast thou to do to 
declare my statutes, or that thou 
shouldest take my covenant in thy 
mouth? seeing thou hatest instruc- 
tion, and castest my words behind 
thee. — 21. These things hast thou 
done, and I kept silence ; thou 
thoughtest that I was altogether 
such an one as thyself: but I will 
reprove thee, and set them in order 
before thine eyes. Now consider this, 
ye that forget God, lest I tear you in 
pieces, and there be none to deliver. 

*~75:8. For in the hand of the 
Lord there is a cup, and the wine 



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god's hatred of sin. his compassion. [ch. II. 



is red ; it is full of mixture; and he 
poureth out of the same: hut the 
dregs thereof all the wicked of the 
earth shall wring them out, and ' 
drink them. 

94: 23. And he shall bring' upon 
them their own iniquity, and shall 
cut them off in their own wicked- 
ness; yea, the Lord our God shall 
cut them off. 

145: 20. The Lord preserveth 
all them that love him: but all the 
wicked will he destroy. 

Isa. 26:21. For, behold, the Lord 
cometh out of his place to punish the 
inhabitants of the earth for their in- 
iquity: the earth also shall disclose 
her blood, and shall no more cover 
her slain. 

59: 17. And he put on the gar- 
ments of vengeance for clothing, 
and was clad with zeal as a cloak. 
According to their deeds, accord- 
ingly he will repay, fury to his ad- 
versaries, recompense to his ene- 
mies ; to the islands he will repay 
recompense. So shall the} r fear the 
name of the Lord from the west, 
and his glory from the rising of the 
sun. When the enemy shall come 
in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord 
shall lift up a standard against him. 

Nah. 1 : 2. God is jealous, and 
the Lord revengeth; the Lord re- 
vengeth, and is furious; the Lord 
will take vengeance on his adversa- 
ries, and he reserveth wrath for his 
enemies. The Lord is slow to an- 
ger, and great in power, and will not 
at all acquit the wicked. — 5. The 
mountains quake at him, and the 
hills melt, and the earth is burned 
at his presence, yea, the world, and 
all that dwell therein. Who can 
stand before his indignation ? and 
who can abide in the fierceness of 
his anger? His fury is poured out 
like fire, and the rocks are thrown 
down by him. 

Ps. 7:11. God is angry with the 
wicked every day. 

Job 21 : 17. God distributeth sor- 
rows in his anger. 

Nah. 1 : 2. The Lord reserveth 
wrath for his enemies. 

Rom. 1:18. The wrath of God 
Is revealed from heaven against all 
ungodliness and unrighteousness of 
men. 

2: 8. Indignation and wrath, trib- 
ulation and anguish, upon every 
soul of man that doth evil. 



III. Compassion.. 

Ex. 34: 6. And the Lord passed 
by before him, and proclaimed, The 
Lord, The Lord God, merciful and 
gracious, long-suffering, and abun- 
dant in goodness and truth, keeping 
mercy for thousands, forgiving ini- 
quity and transgression and sin, and 
that will by no means clear the 
guilty; visiting the iniquity of the 
lathers upon the children, and upon 
the children's children, unto the 
third and to the fourth generation. 

Ps. 68:4. Sing unto God, sing 
praises to his name: extol him that 
rideth upon the heavens by his name 
J AH, and rejoice before him. A 
father of the fatherless, and a judge 
of the widows, is God in his holy 
habitation. God setteth the solitary 
in families: he bringeth out those 
which are bound with chains: but 
the rebellious dwell in a dry land. 

86: 15. But thou, O Lord, art a 
God full of compassion, and gra- 
cious, long-suffering, and plen- 
teous in mercy and truth. O turn 
unto me, and have mercy upon me. 

102: 19. For he hath looked down 
from the height of his sanctuary; 
from heaven did the Lord behold 
the earth; to hear the groaning of 
the prisoner; to loose those that are 
appointed to death; to declare the 
name of the Lord in Zion, and his 
praise in Jerusalem; when the peo- 
ple are gathered together, and the 
kingdoms, to serve the Lord. 

103: 1. Bless the Lord, O my 
soul: and all that is within me, bless 
his holy name. Bless the Lord, O 
my soul, and forget not all his ben- 
efits: who forgiveth all thine iniqui- 
ties. — 5. Who satisfieth thy mouth 
with good things; so that thy youth is 
renewed like the eagle's. — 8. The 
Lord is merciful and gracious, slow 
to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 
He will not always chide: neither 
will he keep his anger forever. He 
hath not dealt with us after our sins; 
nor rewarded us according to our 
iniquities. For as the heaven is 
high above the earth, so great is his 
mercy toward them that fear him. 
As far as the east is from the wesr, 
so far hath he removed our trans- 
gressions from us. Like as a father 
pitieth his children, so the Lord 
pitieth them that fear him. — 17. But 
the mercv of the Lord is from ever- 



CH. II. J 



GODS RIGHTEOUSNESS OR JUSTICE. 



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lasting to everlasting upon them that 
fear him, and his righteousness unto 
children's children ; to such as keep 
his covenant, and to those that re- 
member his commandments to do 
them. 

IT 111 : 4. The Lord is gracious 
and full of compassion. He hath 
given meat unto them that fear him: 
he will ever be mindful of his cove- 
nant. 

116: 3. The sorrows of death 
compassed me ; and the pains of hell 
gat hold upon me: I found trouble 
and sorrow. Then called I upon 
the name of the Lord. O Lord, I 
beseech thee, deliver my soul. Gra- 
cious is the Lord, and righteous: 
yea, our God is merciful. 

136: 1. O give thanks unto the 
Lord: for he is good. — 5. To him 
that by wisdom made the heavens: 
for his mercy endureth forever. 

Isa. 54: 5. For thy Maker is thy 
husband ; the Lord of hosts is his 
name ; and thy Redeemer the Holy 
One of Israel ; the God of the whole 
earth shall he be called. For the 
Lord hath called thee as a woman 
forsaken and grieved in spirit, and 
a wife of youth, when thou wast re- 
fused, saith thy God. For a small 
moment have I forsaken thee ; but 
with great mercies will I gather thee. 
In a little wrath I hid my face from 
thee for a moment ; but with ever- 
lasting kindness will I have mercy 
on thee, saith the Lord thy Re- 
deemer. — 10. For the mountains 
shall depart, and the hills be remo- 
ved ; but my kindness shall not de- 
part from thee. 

Jonah 3: 10. And God saw their 
works, that they turned from their 
evil way ; and God repented of the 
evil, that he had said that he would 
do unto them ; and he did it not. 

Neh. 9: 17. Thou art a God, 
ready to pardon, gracious and mer- 
ciful, slow to anger, and of great 
kindness. » 

Joel 2: 13. The Lord your God 
is gracious and merciful ; slow to 
anger and of great kindness. 



§ 10. MORAL PRINCIPLES. 

I. Righteousness, or Justice. 

Ex. 20: 5. For I the Lord thy 
God am a jealous God, visiting the 
iniquity of the fathers upon the 
children, unto the third and fourth 
generation of them that hate me ; 
and showing mercy unto thousands 
of them that love me, and keep my 
commandments. 

Drut. 10: 17. For the Lord 
your God is God of gods, and Lord 
of lords, a great God, a mighty, and 
a terrible, which regardeth not per- 
sons, nor taketh reward: he doth 
execute the judgment of the father- 
less and widow, and loveth the 
stranger, in giving him food and 
raiment. 

Job 34: 10. Far be it from God, 
that he should do wickedness ; and 
from the Almighty, that he should 
commit iniquity. For the work of a 
man shall he render unto him, and 
cause every man to find according 
to his ways. 

Ps. IS: 20. The Lord rewarded 
me according to my righteousness ; 
according to the cleanness of my 
hands hath he recompensed me. — 
25. With the merciful thou wilt 
show thyself merciful ; with an up- 
right man thou wilt show thyself 
upright ; with the pure thou wilt 
show thyself pure ; and with the 
fro ward thou wilt show thyself fro- 
ward. For thou wilt save the af- 
flicted people ; but wilt bring down 
high looks. — 30. As for God, his 
way is perfect: the word of the 
Lord is tried ; he is a buckler to 
all those that trust in him. For 
who is God save the Lord? or who 
is a rock save our God? it is God 
that girdeth me with strength, and 
maketh my way perfect. 

Isa. 25: 1. O Lord, thou art my 
God ; I will exalt thee, I will praise 
thy name ; for thou hast done won- 
derful things ; thy counsels of old 
are faithfulness and truth. For thou 
hast made of a city an heap ; of a 
defenced city a ruin: a palace of 
| strangers to be no city: it shall nev- 
er be built. Therefore shall the 
j strong people glorify thee ; the city 
I of the terrible nations shall fear 
i thee. For thou hast been a strength 
! to the poor, a strength to the needy 



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GODS HOLINESS. HIS TRUTH. 



[CH. II. 



in his distress, a refuge from the 
storm, a shadow from the heat, 
when the blast of the terrible ones 
is as a storm against the wall. 

Deut. 32:3. Because I will pub- 
lish the name of the Lord: ascribe 
ye greatness unto our God. He is 
the Rock, his work is perfect: for 
all his ways are judgment: a God 
of truth and without iniquity, just 
and right is he. 

Job 8: 20. Behold, God will not 
cast away a perfect man, neither 
will he help the evil doers: till he 
fill thy mouth with laughing, and 
thy lips with rejoicing. They that 
hate thee shall be clothed with 
shame. 

Ps. 36: 5. Thy mercy, Lord, 
is in the heavens, and thy faithful- 
ness reacheth unto the clouds. Thy 
righteousness is like the great moun- 
tains ; thy judgments are a great 
deep. 

97: 2. Righteousness and judg- 
ment are the habitation of his 
throne. 

145: 17. The Lord is righteous 
in all his ways, and holy in all his 
works. 

19: 8. The statutes of the Lord 
are right. The commandment of 
the Lord is pure. The judgments 
of the Lord are true. 

2 Chron. 19: 7. There is no ini- 
quity with the Lord our God, nor 
respect of persons, nor taking of 
gifts. 

Rev. 15: 3. Just and true are 
ihy ways, thou King of saints. 

II. Purity, or Holiness. 

Isa, fi: 3. And one cried unto 
another, and said, Holy, holy, holy 
is th« Lord of hosts: the whole 
earth is full of his glory. 

Hab. 1 : 13. Thou art of purer 
eyes than to behold evil, and canst 
not look upon iniquity. 

Lev. 11 : 44. Ye shall be holy ; 
for I, the Lord your God, am 
holy. 

Ps. 22: 3. Thou art holy, O thou 
that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 

Rev. 15: 4. Who shall not fear 
thee, O Lord, and glorify thy 
name: for thou art holy. 

Ps. 5:4. Thou art not a God 
that hast pleasure in wickedness ; 
neither shall evil dwell with thee. 
|The foolish shall not stand in thy 



sight, thou hatest all the workers of 
iniquity. 

Ps. 47: 8. God sitteth upon the 
throne of his holiness. 

Joe 15: 15. The heavens are not 
clean in his sight. 

Ps. 93: 5. Thy testimonies are 
very sure: holiness becometh thine 
house, O Lord, forever. 

99: 9. For the Lord our God is 
holy. 

145: 17. The Lord is righteous 
in all his ways, and holy in all his 
works. The Lord is nigh unto all 
them that call upon him, to all that 
call upon him in truth. 

III. Truth, or Faithfulness. 

Deut. 32: 4. A God of truth, 
without iniquity, just and right is 
he. 

Ps. 91 : 4. His truth shall be thy 
shield and buckler. 

146: 6. He keepeth truth for- 
ever. 

Dan. 4: 37. All his works are 
truth. 

Isa. 25: 1. Thy counsels of old 
are faithfulness and truth. 

Num. 23: 19. God is not a man, 
that he should lie, neither the son of 
man, that he should repent. 

1 Sam. 15: 29. The strength of 
Israel will not lie. 

Ps. 36: 5. Thy mercy, O Lord, is 
in the heavens, and thy faithfulness 
reacheth unto the clouds. 

119: 90. Thy faithfulness is unto 
all generations. 

1 Cor. 1 : 9. God is faithful, by 
whom ye were called unto the fel- 
lowship of his son Jesus Christ. 

2 Tim. 2: 13. He abideth faith- 
ful. 

1 Thes. 5: 24. Faithful is he 
that calleth you. 

Heb. 6: 13. For when God made 
promise to Abraham, because he 
could swear by no greater, he swore 
by himself, saying, Surely blessing I 
will bless thee ; and multiplying I 
will multiply thee. And so after he 
had patiently endured, he obtained 
the promise. For men verily swear 
by the greater, and an oath for con- 
firmation is the end of all strife. 
Wherein God, willing more abund- 
antly to show unto the heirs of prom- 
ise the immutability of his counsel, 
confirmed it by an oath ; that by 
two immutable things, in which it 



CH. II.] 



HIS GOODNESS. 



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was impossible for God to lie, we 
might have strong consolation, who 
have fled for refuge to lay hold on 
the hope set before us. 

Isa. 46: 10. My counsel shall 
stand, and I will do all my pleasure. 

Pr. 19: 21. The counsel of the 
Lord, that shall stand. 

James 1 : 17. Every good gift, and 
every perfect gift is from above, 
coming down from the father of 
lights, with whom there is no va- 
riableness, neither shadow of turn- 
ing. 

IV, Goodness. 

Ex. S3: 18. And he said, I be- 
seech thee, show me thy glory. And, 
he said, I will make all my good- 
ness pass before thee, and I will 
proclaim the name of the Lord be- 
fore thee ; and will be gracious to 
whom I will be gracious, and will 
show mercy on whom I will show 
mercy. 

Ps. 33: 5. He loveth righteous- 
ness and judgment: the earth is full 
of the goodness of the Lord. 

34: 8. taste and see that the 
Lord is good: blessed is the man 
that trusteth in him. O fear the 
Lord, ye his saints: for there is no 
want to them that fear him. 

31 : 19. Oh how great is thy good- 
ness, which thou hast laid up for 
them that fear thee: which thou 
hast wrought for them that trust in 
thee before the sons of men ! Thou 
shalt hide them in the secret of thy 
presence, from the pride of man ; 
thou shalt keep them secretly in a 
pavilion, from the strife of tongues. 
Blessed be the Lord ; for he hath 
showed me his marvellous kindness 
in a strong city. 

36: 6. O Lord, thou preserv- 
est man and beast. How excellent 
is thy loving kindness, God! 
therefore the children of men put 
their trust under the shadow of thy 
wings. They shall be abundantly 
satisfied with the fatness of thy 
house ; and thou shalt make them 
drink of the river of thy pleasures. 
For with thee is the fountain of life : 
in thy light shall we see light. 
continue thy loving-kindness unto 
them that know thee, and thy right- 
eousness to the upright in heart. 

65: 8. Thou makest the outgoings 
-of the morning and evening to re- 



joice. Thou visitest the earth, and 
waterest it: thou greatly en richest 
it with the river of God, which is 
full of water: thou preparest them 
corn, when thou hast so provided 
for it. Thou waterest the ridges 
thereof abundantly ; thou settlest 
the furrows thereof; thou makest 
it soft with showers ; thou blessest 
the springing thereof. Thou crown- 
est the year with thy goodness ; and 
thy paths drop fatness. 

68: 19. Blessed be the Lord, who 
daily loadeth us with benefits, even 
the God of our salvation. Selah. 
He that is our God is the God of 
salvation ; and unto God the Lord 
belong the issues from death. 

84: 11. For the Lord God is a 
sun and shield: the Lord will give 
grace and glory ; no good thing will 
he withhold from them that walk 
uprightly. Lord of hosts, bless- 
ed is the man that trusteth in thee. 

100: 4. Enter into his gates with 
thanksgiving, and into his courts 
with praise: be thankful unto him, 
and bless his name. For the Lord 
is good ; his mercy is everlasting ; 
and his truth endureth to all genera- 
tions. 

U 104: 27. These wait all upon 
thee ; that thou mayest give them 
their meat in due season. That 
thou givest them they gather: thou 
openest thine hand, they are filled 
with good. 

145: 6. And men shall speak of 
the might of thy terrible acts: and I 
will declare thy greatness. They 
shall abundantly utter the memory 
of thy great goodness, and shall 
sing of thy righteousness. The 
Lord is gracious, and full of com- 
passion ; slow to anger, and of 
great mercy. The Lord is good to 
all: and his tender mercies are over 
all his works. — 14. The Lord up- 
holdeth all that fall, and raiseth up 
all those that be bowed down. The 
eyes of all wait upon thee ; and thou 
givest them their meat in due sea- 
son. Thou openest thine hand, and 
satisfiest the desire of every living 
thing. 

146: 5. Happy is he that hath 
the God of Jacob for his help, whose 
hope is in the Lord his God. — 7. 
Which executeth judgment for the 
oppressed: which giveth food to the 
hungry. The Lord looseth the pris- 



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god's goodness, his grace or mercy. 



[CH. II. 



oners: the Lord openeth the eyes 
of the blind: the Lord raiseth them 
that are bowed down: the Lord 
loveth the righteous. The Lord 
preserveth the strangers ; he re- 
lieveth the fatherless and widow ; 
but the way of the wicked he turn- 
eth upside down. 

Jer. 33: 7. And I will cause the 
captivity of Judah and the captivity 
of Israel to return, and will build 
them as at the first. And I will 
cleanse them from all their iniquity, 
whereby they have sinned against 
me ; and I will pardon all their ini- 
quities, whereby they have sinned, 
and whereby they have transgressed 
against me. And it shall be to me 
a name of joy, a praise and an hon- 
or before all the nations of the 
earth, which shall hear all the good 
that I do unto them: and they shall 
fear and tremble for all the good- 
ness and for all the prosperity that 
I procure unto it. 

31 : 9. For I am a father to Is- 
rael, and Ephraim is my first-born. 
Hear the word of the Lord, ye 
nations, and declare it in the isles 
afar off, and say, he that scattered 
Israel will gather him, and keep 
him, as a shepherd doth his flock. 
For the Lord hath redeemed Ja- 
cob, and ransomed him from the 
hand of him that was stronger than 
he. Therefore th.ey shall come and 
sing in the height of Zion, and shall 
flow together to the goodness of the 
Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and 
for oil, and for the young of the 
flock and of the herd: and their 
soul shall be as a watered garden ; 
and they shall not sorrow any more 
at all. Then shall the virgin rejoice 
in the dance, both young men and 
old together: for I will turn their 
mourning inro joy, and will comfort 
them, and make them rejoice from 
their sorrow. And I will satiate the 
soul of the priest with fatness, and 
my people shall be satisfied with 
my goodness, saith the Lord. — 
20. Is Ephraim my dear son? is 
he a pleasant child? for since I 
spake against h|m, I do earnestly 
remember him still. Therefore my 
bowels are troubled for him: I wiil 
surely have mercy upon him, saith 
the Lord. 

Ps. 27: 10. When my father and 
my mother forsake me, then the 
Lord will take me up. 



6S: 5. A father of the fatherless, 
and a judge of the widow, is God in 
his holy habitation. 

Isa. 54: 5. Thy maker is thy hus- 
band, the Lord of hosts is his 
name. 

V. Grace, or Mercy. 

Ex. 22: 27. When the poor cri- 
eth I will hear, for I am gracious. 

33: 19. I will be gracious to whom 
I will be gracious, and I will have 
mercy on whom I will have mercy. 

34: 6. And the Lord passed by 
before him and proclaimed, "The 
Lord, the Lord God, gracious and 
merciful, long-suffering,, and abun- 
dant in goodness and truth ; keep- 
ing mercy for thousands, forgiving 
iniquity, transgression, and sin, and 
that, will by no means clear the 
guilty. 

Num. 14: 18. The Lord is long- 
suffering and of great mercy, for- 
giving iniquity. 

Neh. 9: 17. Thou art a God 
ready to pardon, gracious and mer- 
ciful, slow to anger,* and of great 
kindness. 

Ps. 36: 5. Thy mercy, Lord, 
is great the heavens. 

103: 8. The Lord is merciful 
and gracious ; slow to anger, and 
plenteous in mercy. 

86: 15. Thou, O Lord, art a 
God full of compassion and gra- 
cious ; long-suffering, and plente- 
ous in mercy and truth. 

116: 5. Gracious is the Lord and 
righteous ; yea, our God is merciful. 

119: 156. Great are thy tender 
mercies, Lord. 

Lam. 3: 22. It is of the Lord's 
mercies that we are not consumed ; 
because his compassions fail not. — 
32. Though he cause grief, yet will 
he have compassion, according to 
the multitude of his tender mercies. 

Jonah 4: 2. Thou art a gracious 
God, and merciful, slow to anger 
and of great kindness, and repent- 
est thee of the evil. 

Mic. 7: 18. Who is a God like 
unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, 
and passe th by the transgression of 
the remnant of his heritage? he re- 
taineth not his anger forever, be- 
cause he delighteth in mercy. He 
will turn again, he will have com- 
passion upon us ; he will subdue 
our iniquities ; and thou wilt cast 



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all their sins into the depths of the 
sea. Thou wilt perforin the truth 
to Jacob, and the mercy to Abra- 
ham, which thou hast sworn unto 
our fathers from the days of old. 

Dan. 9: 9. To the Lord our 
God belong mercies and forgive- 
nesses, though we have rebelled 
against him ; neither have we obey- 
ed the voice of the Loro our God, 
to walk in his Laws, which he set 
before us by his servants the proph- 
ets. 

Isa. 54: 7. For a small moment 
have I forsaken thee ; but with great 
mercies will I gather thee. In a 
little wrath i hid my face from thee 
for a moment •, but with everlasting 
kindness will I have mercy on thee, 
saith the Lord thy Redeemer. — 
10. For the mountains shall depart, 
and the hills be removed ; but my 
kindness shall not depart from 
thee. 

49: 9. For in my wrath I smote 
thee, but in my favor have I had 
mercy on thee. 

Acts 15: 11. We believe that 
through the grace of our Lord Je- 
sus Christ we shall be saved. 

Eph. 2: 8. By grace are ye sa- 
ved, through faith, and that not of 
yourselves, it is the gift of God. 

Rom. 5: 2. By Jesus Christ we 
have access into this grace wherein 
we stand, and rejoice in hope of 
the glory of God. 

Tit. 3: 5. Not by works of 
righteousness which we have done, 
but according to his mercy, he saved 
us ; by the washing of regeneration 
and renewing of the Holy Ghost. 
— 7. That being justified by his 
grace, we should be made heirs ac- 
cording to the hope of eternal life. 

VI. Perfection. 

Matt. 5: 48. Your father which 
is in heaven is perfect. 

2 Sam. 22: 31. As for God his 
way is perfect. 

1 John 3: 3. Every man that 
hath this hope in him purifieth him- 
self, even as he is pure. 

Job 42: 5. I have heard of thee 
by the hearing of the ear; but now 
mine eye seeth thee: wherefore I 
abhor myself, and repent in dust 
and ashes. 

40: 2. Shall he that contendeth 
with the Almighty instruct him? 



he that rcproveth God, let him an- 
swer it. 

2 Chron. 19: 7. There is no in- 
iquity with the Lord our God: nor 
respect of persons, nor taking of 
gifts. 

Zech. 3: 5. The just Lord is in 
the midst thereof, he will not do in- 
iquity. 



CHAPTER III. 
GOD A SOVEREIGN. 

§ 1. OVER MATTER. 

Job 9: 4. He is wise in heart, 
and mighty in strength : who hath 
hardened himself against him, and 
hath prospered ? which removeth 
the mountains, and they know not. : 
which overturneth them in his 
anger. Which shaketh the earth 
out of her place, and the pillars 
thereof tremble. Which command- 
eth the sun, and it riseth not; and 
sealeth up the stars. Which alone 
spreadeth out the heavens, and 
treadeth upon the waves of the sea. 
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, 
and Pleiades, and the chambers of 
the south. Which doeth great 
things past finding out ; yea, and 
wonders without number. 

12: 15. Behold, he withholdeth 
the waters, and they dry up : also 
he sendeth them out, and they over- 
turn the earth. 

37: 6. For he saith to the snow, 
Be thou on the earth ; likwise to 
the small rain, and to the great rain 
of his strength. — 9. Out of the south 
cometh the whirlwind: and cold 
out of the north. By the breath of 
God frost is given; and the breadth 
of the waters is straitened. Also 
by watering he wearieth the thick 
cloud : he scattereth his bright 
cloud. 

36:27. For he maketh smali the 
drops of water: they pour down 
rain according to the vapor thereof; 
which the clouds do drop and dis- 
til upon man abundantly. Also can 
any understand the spreadings of the 
clouds, or the noise of his taberna- 
cle ? Behold, he spreadeth his light 



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[CH. III. 



upon it, and covereth the bottom of 
the sea. 

33: 4. Where wast thou when I 
laid the foundations of the earth ? 
Declare, if thou hast understanding. 
Who hath laid the measures there- 
of, if thou knowest ? or who hath 
stretched the line upon it ? Where- 
upon are the foundations thereof 
fastened ? 

40: 15. Behold now behemoth, 
which I made with thee ; he eat- 
eth grass as an ox. — 18. His bones 
are as strong pieces of brass ; his 
bones are like bars of iron. He is 
the chief of the ways of God: he 
that made him can make his sword 
to approach unto him. — 9. Hast 
thou an arm like God ; canst thou 
thunder with a voice like him ? 

IT Ps. 65: 5. By terrible things in 
righteousness wilt thou answer us, 
O God of our salvation ; who art 
the confidence of all the ends of the 
earth, and of them that are afar off 
upon the sea: which by his strength 
setteth fast the mountains 5 being 
girded with power: which stilleth 
the noise of the seas, the noise of 
their waves, and the tumult of the 
people. They also that dwell in 
the uttermost parts are afraid at thy 
tokens. 

93: 1. The Lord reigneth, he is 
clothed with majesty ; the Lord is 
clothed with strength, wherewith he 
hath girded himself: the world also 
is established, that it cannot be 
moved. — 4. The Lord on high is 
mightier than the noise of many 
waters, yea, than the mighty waves 
of the sea. 

107: 23. They that go down to 
the sea in ships, that do business in 
great waters ; these see the works 
of the Lord, and his wonders in 
the deep. For he commandeth, 
and raiseth the stormy wind, which 
lifteth up the waves thereof. — 29. 
He maketh the storm a calm, so that 
the waves thereof are still. 

Is a. 26: 4. Trust ye in the 
Lord forever: for in the Lord 
JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: 
for he bringeth jlown them that 
dwell on high; the lofty city, he 
layeth it low; he layeth it low, even 
to the ground ; he bringeth it even 
to the dust. The foot shall tread it 
down, even the feet of the poor, and 
the steps of the needy. 



44: 24. I am the Lord that 
maketh all things ; that s'tretcheth 
forth the heavens alone; that 
spreadeth abroad the earth by my- 
self; that frustrateth the tokens of 
the liars, and maketh diviners mad; 
that turneth wise men backward, 
and maketh their knowledge fool- 
ish ; that confirmeth the word of 
his servant, and performeth the 
counsel of his messengers ; that 
saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be in- 
habited ; and to the cities of Judah, 
Ye shall be built ; and I will raise 
up the decayed places thereof : that 
saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will 
dry up thy rivers. 

50: 2. Is my hand shortened at 
all, that it cannot redeem ? or have 
I no power to deliver ? Behold, at 
my rebuke I dry up the sea; I make 
the rivers a wilderness:' their fish 
stinketh, because there is no water, 
and dieth for thirst. I clothe the 
heavens with blackness, and I make 
sackcloth their covering. 

IF Jer. 10:6. Forasmuch as there 
is none like unto thee, Lord; thou 
art great, and thy name is great in 
might. Who would not fear thee, O 
King of nations? — 10. But the Lord 
is the true God, he is the living 
God, and an everlasting King : at 
his wrath the earth shall tremble., 
and the nations shall not be able to 
abide his indignation. The gods 
that have not made the heavens and 
the earth, even they shall perish 
from the earth, and from under 
these heavens. He hath made the 
earth by his power, he hath estab- 
lished the world by his wisdom, 
and hath stretched out the heavens 
by his discretion. When he utter- 
eth his voice, there is a multitude of 
waters in the heavens, and he caus- 
eth the vapors to ascend from the 
ends of the earth ; he maketh light- 
nings with rain, and bringeth forth 
the wind out of his treasures. 

14: 22. Are there any among the 
vanities of the Gentiles that can 
cause rain ? Or can the heavens 
give showers ? Art not thou he, 
O Lord our God ? Therefore we 
will wait upon thee : for thou hast 
made all these things. 

Dan. S: 16. Shadrach, Meshacb, 
and Abed-nego answered and said 
to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we 
are not careful to answer thee in 



CH. III.] 



GODS GOVERNMENT OVER MIND. 



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this matter. If it be so, our God 
whom we serve is able to deliver 
us from the burning fiery furnace, 
and he will deliver us out of thine 
hand, O king. — 23. And these three 
men, Shadrach, Meshach, and 
Abed-nego, fell down bound into 
the midst of the burning fiery fur- 
nace. Then Nebuchadnezzar the 
king was astonied, and rose up in 
haste, and spake, and said unto his 
counsellors, Did not we cast three 
men bound into the midst of the 
fire ? They answered and said unto 
the king, True, king. He an- 
swered and said, Lo, I see four men 
loose, walking in the midst of the 
fire, and they have no hurt ; and 
the form of the fourth is like the 
son of God. Then Nebuchadnez- 
zar came near to the mouth of the 
burning fiery furnace, and spake, 
and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and 
Abed-nego, ye servants of the most 
hi<jrh God, come forth, and come 
hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, 
and Abed-nego, came forth of the 
midst of the fire. And the princes, 
governors, and captafns, and the 
king's counsellors, being gathered 
together, saw these men, upon 
whose bodies the fire had no power, 
nor was an hair of their head singed, 
neither were their coats changed, j 
nor the smell of fire had passed on j 
them. Then Nebuchadnezzar spake 
and said, Blessed be the God of 
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- 
nego, — there is no other God that 
can deliver after this sort. 

Amos 5: 7. Ye, who turn judg-' 
ment to wormwood, and leave off j 
righteousness in the earth, seek him '• 
that maketh the seven stars and 
Orion, and turneth the shadow of j 
death into the morning, and maketh ! 
the day dark with night: that call- j 
eth for the waters of the sea, and 
poureth them out upon the face of i 
the earth: the Lord is his name. 



§ 2. over mind: or intelligent 
creatures. 

I. His control declared. 

Detjt. 7:7. The Lord did not set 
his love upon you, nor choose you, 
S 



I because ye were more in number 
than any people; for ye were the few- 
j est of all people: but because the 
| Lord loved you, and because he 
would keep the oath which he had 
sworn unto your fathers, hath the 
Lord brought, you out with a mighty 
hand, and redeemed you out of the 
house of bondmen, from the hand 
of Pharaoh, king of Egvpt. 

2 Chron. 20: 6. Lord God of 
our fathers, art not thou God in 
heaven ? and rulest not thou over 
all the kingdoms of the heathen ? 
and in thine hand is there not power 
and might, so that none is able to 
withstand thee ? 

2 Kings 19 : 22. Whom hast 
thou reproached and blasphemed ? 
and agaiust whom hast thou exalted 
thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes 
on high? even against the Holy One 
of Israel. By thy messengers thou 
hast reproached the Lord. — 27. But 
I know thy abode, and thy going 
out, and thy coming in, and thy 
rage against me. Because thy rage 
against me, and thy tumult is come 
up into mine ears, therefore I will 
put my hook in thy nose, and my 
bridle in thy lips, and I will turn 
thee back by the way by which thou 
earnest. 

Job 12: 16. With him is strength 
and wisdom: the deceived and the 
deceiver are his. He leadeth coun- 
sellors away spoiled, and maketh 
the judges fools. He looseth the 
bond of kings, and girdeth their 
loins with a girdle. He leadeth 
princes away spoiled, and over- 
throweth the mighty. He removeth 
away the speech of the trusty, and 
taketh away the understanding of 
the aged. He poureth contempt 
upon princes, and weakeneth the 
strength of the mighty. — 23. He in- 
creased! the nations, and destroyeth 
them : he enlargeth the nations, and 
straiteneth them again. 

Ps. 98: 9. For he cometh to 
judge the earth: with righteousness 
shall he judge the world, and the 
people with equity. 

99: 1. The Lord reigneth j let 
the people tremble: he sitteth be- 
tween the cherubims; let the earth 
be moved. The Lord is great in 
Zion ; and he is high above all peo- 
ple. Let them praise thy great 
and terrible name: for it is holy. 
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[CH. III. 



judgment ; thou dost establish equi- 
ty, thou executest judgment and 
righteousness in Jacob. 

33: 10. The Lord bringeth the 
counsel of the heathen to nought: 
he maketh the devices of the peo- 
ple of none effect. The counsel 
of the Lord standeth forever, the 
thoughts of his heart to all genera- 
tions. Blessed is the nation whose 
God is the Lord ; and the people 
whom he hath chosen for his own 
inheritance. — 16. There is no king 
saved by the multitude of an host ; a 
mighty man is not delivered by 
much strength. An horse is a vain 
thing for safety: neither shall he 
deliver any by his great strength. — 
20. Our soul waiteth for the Lord ; 
he is our help and our shield. 

Jer. 10: 23. O Lord, I know 
that the way of man is not in him- 
self: it is not in man that walketh 
to direct his steps. 

Ps. 75: 6. For promotion cqmeth 
neither from the east, nor from the 
west, nor from the south. But God 
is the Judge. He putteth down 
one, and setteth up another. 

103: 19. The Lord hath pre- 
pared his throne in the heavens ; 
and his kingdom ruleth over all. 
Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that 
excel in strength, that do his com- 
mandments, hearkening unto the 
voice of his word. Bless ye the 
Lord, all yeh'is hosts ; ye ministers 
of his, that do his pleasure. 

IT Pr. 21:1. The king's heart win 
the hand of the'LoRD, as the rivers 
of water : he turneth it whitherso- 
ever he will. 

Isa. 45: 13. I have raised him 
up in righteousness, and I will di- 
rect all his ways: he shall build my 
city, and he shall let go my cap- 
tives, not for price nor reward, 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

44: 28. That saith of Cyrus, he is 
my shepherd, and shall perform all 
my pleasure : even saying to Jeru- 
salem, Thou shalt be built ; and to 
the temple, Thy foundation shall be 
laid. 

45: 1. Thus saith the Lord to 
his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right 
hand I have holden, to subdue na- 
tions before him ; and I will loose 
the loins of kings, to open before 
him the two-leaved gates ; and the 
gates shall not be shut ; I will go 



before thee, and make the crooked 
places straight: I will break in 
pieces the gates of brass, and cut 
in sunder the bars of iron: and I 
will give thee the treasures of dark- 
ness, and hidden riches of secret 
places, that thou mayest know that 
I, the Lord, which call thee by thy 
name, am the God of Israel. For 
Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel 
mine elect, I have even called thee 
by thy name: I have surnamed thee, 
though thou hast not known me. — 
7. I form the light, and create 
darkness: I make peace, and create 
evil: I the Lord do all these things. 
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, 
and let the skies pour down right- 
eousness: let the earth open, and let 
them bring forth salvation, and let 
righteousness spring up together ; I 
the Lord have created it. Woe unto 
him that striveth with his Maker ! Let 
the potsherd strive with the pot- 
sherds of the earth. Shall the elay 
say to him that fashioneth it, What 
makest thou ? or thy work, He 
hath no hands ? Woe unto him 
that saith unto his father, What 
begettest thou ? or to the woman, 
What hast thou brought forth ? 

46: 3. Hearken unto me, O house 
of Jacob, and all the remnant of 
the house of Israel, which are borne 
by me from the belly, which are car- 
ried from the womb: and even to 
your old age I am he ; and even to 
hoar hairs will I carry you : I have 
made, and I will bear; even I will 
carry, and will deliver you. 

48: 11. For mine own sake, even 
for mine own sake, will I do it: for 
how should my name be polluted ? 
and I will not give my glory to 
another. — 15. I, even I, have spo- 
ken; yea, I have called him: I have 
brought him, and he shall make his 
way prosperous Come ye near unto 
me, hear ye this ; I have not spoken 
in secret from the beginning ; from 
the time that it was, there am I. 

51: 12. I, even I, am he that 
comforteth you : who art thou, 
that thou shouldest be afraid of a 
man that shall die, and of the son 
of man which shall be made as 
grass ; and forgettest the Lord thy 
Maker, that hath stretched forth the 
heavens, and laid the foundations of 
the earth ; and hast feared continu- 
ally every day, because of the fury 
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ready to destroy ? and where is the 
fury of the oppressor ? 

54: 16. Behold, I have created 
the smith that bloweth the coals in 
the fire, and that bringeth forth an 
instrument for his work ; and I have 
created the waster to destroy. No 
weapon that is formed against thee 
shall prosper ; and every tongue 
thai shall rise against thee in judg- 
ment thou shall condemn. This is 
the heritage of the servants of the 
Lord, and their righteousness is of 
me, saith the Lord. 

Jer. 18: 6. house of Israel, 
cannot I do with you as this potter r 
saith the Lord. Behold, as the 
clay is in the potter's hands, so are 
ye in mine hand, O house of Is- 
rael. 



II. Influences, by which he governs 
mind. 

1. Providences. 

Ex. 4: 21. And the Lord said 
unto Moses, When thou goest to 
return into Egypt, see that thou do 
all those wonders before Pharaoh, 
which I have put in thine hand: but 
I will harden his heart, that he shall 
not let the people go. And thou 
shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith 
the Lord, Israel is my son, even my 
first-born: and I say unto thee, Let 
my son go, that he may serve me: 
and if thou refuse to let him go, 
behold, I will slay thy son, even thy 
first-born. 

6:1. Then the Lord said unto 
Moses, Now shalt thou see what I 
will do to Pharaoh: for with a 
strong hand shall he let them go, 
and with a strong hand shall he 
drive them out of his land. — 6. 
Wherefore say unto the children of 
Israel, I am the Lord, and I will 
bring you out from under the bur- 
dens of the Egyptians, and I will 
rid you out of their bondage, and I 
will redeem you with a stretched- 
out arm, and with great judgments : 
and I will take you to me for a peo- 
ple, and I will be to you a God: and 
ye shall know that I am the Lord 
your God, which bringeth you out 
from under the burdens of the 
Egyptians, 



7: 3. And I will harden Phara- 
oh's heart, and multiply my signs 
and my wonders in the land of 
Egypt. But Pharoh shall not heark- 
en unto you that I may lay my hand 
upon Egypt, and bring forth mine 
armies, and my people the children 
of Israel, out of the land of Egypt 
by great judgments. And the Egyp- 
tians shall know that I am the Lord, 
when I stretch forth mine hand 
upon Egypt, and bring out the chil- 
dren of Israel from among them. 

9: 12. And the Lord hardened 
the heart of Pharaoh, and he heark- 
ened not unto them ; as the Lord 
had spoken unto Moses. And the 
Lord said unto Moses, Rise up 
early in the morning, and stand be- 
fore Pharaoh, and say unto him, 
Thus saith the Lord God of the 
Hebrews, Let my people go, that 
they may serve me. For I will at 
this time send all my plagues upon 
thine heart, and upon thy servants, 
and upon thy people ; that thou 
mayest know that there is none like 
me in all the earth. For now I will 
stretch out my hand, that I may 
smite thee and thy people with pes- 
tilence ; and thou shalt be cut off 
from the earth. And in very deed 
for this cause have I raised thee up, 
for to show in thee my power ; and 
that my name may be declared 
throughout all the earth. 

18: 14. And it shall be, when thy 
son asketh thee in time to come, 
saying, \Y r hat is this ? that thou 
shalt say unto him, By strength of 
hand the Lord brought us out from 
Egypt, from the house of bondage: 
and it came to pass, when Pharaoh 
would hardly let us go, that the 
Lord slew all the first-born in the 
land of Egypt, both the first-born of 
man, and the first-born of beast. 

Deut. 10: 14. Behold, the hea- 
ven and the heaven of heavens is 
the Lord's thy God, the earth also, 
with all that therein is. Only the 
Lord had a delight in thy fathers 
to love them, and he chose their 
seed after them, even you above sl| 
people, as it is this day. 

IT Josh. 11:20. For it was of the 
Lord to harden their hearts, that 
they should come against Israel in 
battle, that he might destroy them 
utterly, and that they might have 
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them, as the Lord commanded 
Moses. 

1 Sam. 14: 6. And Jonathan said 
to the young man that bare his ar- 
mor, Come, and let us go over unto 
the garrison of these uncircum- 
cised: it may be that the Lord will 
work for us: for there is no re- 
straint to the Lord to save by many 
or by few. — 12. And Jonathan 
said unto his armor-bearer, Come 
up after me: for the Lord hath de- 
livered them into the hand of Israel. 
And Jonathan climbed up upon his 
hands and upon his feet, and his 
armor-bearer after him: and they 
fell before Jonathan; and his armor- 
bearer slew after him. 

1 Kfngs 22: 20. And the Lord 
said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that 
he may go up and fall at Ramoth- 
gilead? And one said on this man- 
ner, and another said on that man- 
ner. And there came forth a spirit, 
and stood before the Lord, and 
said, I will persuade him. And the 
Lord said unto him, Wherewith ? 
And he said, I will go forth, and I 
will be a lying spirit in the mouth 
of all his prophets. And he said, 
Thou shalt persuade him, and pre- 
vail also: go forth, and do so. 

Ps. 66: 3. Say unto God, How 
terrible art thou in thy* works ! 
Through the greatness of thy pow- 
er shall thine enemies submit them- 
selves unto thee. All the earth 
shall worship thee, and shall sing 
unto thee ; they shall sing to thy 
name. Selah. Come and see the 
works of God: he is terrible in his 
doing toward the children of men. 
He turned the sea into dry land: 
they went through the flood on foot: 
there did we rejoice in him. He 
ruleth by his power forever ; his 
eyes behold the nations: let not the 
rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. 

76: 5. The stout-hearted are 
spoiled, they have slept their sleep; 
and none of the men of might have 
found their hands. At thy rebuke, 
O God of Jacob, both the chariot 
and horse are cast into a dead sleep. 
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: 
and who may stand in thy sight 
when once thou art angry? Thou 
didst cause judgment to be heard 
from heaven; the earth feared, and 
was still, when God arose to judg- 
ment, to save all the meek of the 
earth. Selah. Surely the wrath of 



man shall praise thee: the. remain- 
der of wrath shalt thou restrain. 

Ex. 15:1. I will sing unto the 
Lord, for he hath triumphed glo- 
riously : the horse and his rider 
hath he thrown into the sea. The 
Lord is my strength and song, and 
he is become my salvation: — 3. 
The Lord is a man of war : the 
Lord is his name. — 6. Thy right 
hand, O Lord, is become glorious 
in power : thy right hand, O Lord, 
hath dashed in pieces the enemy. 
And in the greatness of thine ex- 
cellency thou hast overthrown them 
that rose up against thee: thou sent- 
est. forth thy wrath, which consumed 
them as stubble. And with the 
blast of thy nostrils the waters were 
gathered together, the floods stood 
upright as an heap, and the depths 
were congealed in the heart of the 
sea. The enemy said, I will pur- 
sue, I will overtake, I will divide 
the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied 
upon them ; I will draw my sword, 
my hand shall destroy them. Thou 
didst blow with thy wind, the sea 
covered them ; they sank as lead in 
the mighty waters, Who is like 
unto thee, O Lord, among the 
gods ? Who is like thee, glorious in 
holiness, fearful in praises, doing 
wonders r — 16. Fear and dread 
shall fill I upon them ; by the great- 
ness of thine arm they shall be as 
still as a stone ; till the people pays 
over, O Lord, till thy people pass 
over, which thou hast purchased. — 
18. The Lord shall reign forever 
and ever ! 

IF Deut. 10: 21. He is thy praise, 
and he is thy God, that hath done 
for thee these great and terrible 
things, which thine eyes have seen. 
Thy fathers went down into Egypt 
with three-score and ten persons ; 
and now the Lord thy God hath 
made thee as the stars of heaven for 
multitude. 

11 : 1. Therefore thou shalt love 
the Lord thy God, and keep his 
charge, and his statutes, and his 
judgments, and his commandments, 
alway. And know ye this day: for 
I speak not with your children 
which have not known, and which 
have not seen the chastisement of 
the Lord your God, his greatness, 
his mighty hand, and his stretched- 
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acts, which he did in the midst of 
Egypt unto Pharaoh, the king of 
Egypt, and unto all his land ; and 
what he did unto the army of Egypt, 
unto their horses, and to their char- 
iots ; how he made the water of the 
Red sea to overflow them as they 
pursued after you, and how the 
Lord hath destroyed them unto this 
day; and what he did unto you in 
the wilderness, until ye came into 
this place ; and what he did unto 
Dathan and Abiram, the sons of 
Eliab, the son of Reuben : how the 
earth opened her mouth and swal- 
lowed them up, and their house- 
holds, and their tents, and all the 
substance that was in their posses- 
sion, in the midst of all Israel: but 
your eyes have seen all the great 
acts of the Lord which he did. 

Job 5: 15. But he saveth the 
poor from the sword, from their 
mouth, and from the hand of the 
mighty. So the poor hath hope, 
and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. 
Behold, happy is the man whom 
God correcteth : therefore despise 
not thou the chastening of the Al- 
mighty: for he maketh sore and 
bindeth up: he woundeth, and his 
hands make whole. He shall de- 
liver thee in six troubles: yea, in 
seven there shall no evil touch thee. 
In famine he shall redeem thee from 
death: and in war from the power 
of the sword. — 22. At destruction 
and famine thou shalt laugh: neith- 
er shalt thou be afraid of the beasts 
of the earth. For thou shalt be in 
league with the stones of the field: 
and the beasts of the field shall be 
at peace with thee. Thou shalt 
come to thy grave in a full age, 
like as a shock of corn cometh 
in his season. Lo this, we have 
searched it, so -it is ; hear it, and 
know thou it for thy good. 

Ps. 34: 7. The angel of the Lord 
encarnpeth round about them that 
fear him, anddelivereth them. — 15. 
The eyes of the Lord are upon the 
righteous, and his ears are open 
unto their cry. 

Job 40: 11. Cast abroad the 
rage of thy wrath : and behold every 
one that is proud, and abase him. 
Look on every one that is proud, 
and bring him low ; and tread down 
the wicked in their place. Hide 
them in the dust together ; and bind 
their faces in secret. Then will I 



also confess unto thee that thine 
own right hand can save thee. 

IT Ps. 8: 1. Lord our Lord, 
how excellent is thy name in all 
the earth ! who hast set thy glory 
above the heavens. Out of the 
mouth of babes and sucklings hast 
thou ordained strength, because of 
thine enemies ; that thou mightest 
still the enemy and the avenger. 

44: 1. We have heard with our 
ears, God, our fathers have told 
us, what work thou didst in their 
days, in the times of old. How 
thou didst drive out the heathen 
with thy hand, and plantedst them ; 
how thou didst afflict the people, 
and cast them out. For they got 
not the land in possession by their 
own sword, neither did their own 
arm save them: but thy right hand, 
and thine arm, and the light of thy 
countenance, because thou hadst a 
favor unto them. Thou art my 
King, God: command deliver- 
ances for Jacob. Through thee 
will we push down our enemies: 
through thy name we will tread 
them under that rise up against us. 

47: 8. God reigneth over the 
heathen : God sitteth upon the 
throne of his holiness. The prin- 
ces of the people are gathered to- 
gether, even the people of the God 
of Abraham: for the shields of the 
earth belong unto God: he is great- 
ly exalted. 

Amos 4: 6. And I also have given 
you cleanness of teeth in alTyour 
cities, and want of bread in all your 
places : yet have ye not returned 
unto me,saith the Lord. And also 
I have withholden the rain from 
you, when there were yet three 
months to the harvest: and I caused 
it to rain upon one city, and caused 
it not to rain upon another city ; 
one piece was rained upon, and the 
piece whereupon it rained not with- 
ered. So two or three cities wan- 
dered unto one city, to drink water; 
but they were not satisfied : yet have 
ye not returned unto me, saith the 
Lord. I have smitten you with 
blasting and mildew : when your 
gardens and your vineyards and 
your fig-trees and your olive-trees 
increased, the palmer-worm de- 
voured them : yet have ye not re- 
turned unto me, saith the Lord. I 
have sent among you the pestilence 



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after the manner of Egypt: your 
young men have I slain with the 
sword, and have taken away your 
horses; and I have made the stink 
of your camps to come up unto 
your nostrils : yet have ye not re- 
turned unto me, saith the Lord. 
I have, overthrown some of you, as 
God overthrew Sodom and Gomor- 
rah, and ye were as a firebrand 
plucked out of the burning : yet 
have ye not returned unto me, saith 
the Lord. Therefore thus will I 
do unto thee, O Israel: and because 
I will do this unto thee, prepare to 
meet thy God, Israel. 

IFEzek. 36: 17. Son of man, when 
the house of Israel dwelt in their 
own land, they defiled it by their 
own way and by their doings. 
Wherefore I poured my fury upon 
them for the blood that they had 
shed upon the land, and for their 
idols wherewith they had polluted 
it. And I scattered them among 
the heathen, and they were dis- 
persed through the countries : ac- 
cording to their way and according 
to their doings I judged them. — 21. 
But I had pity for mine holy name, 
■which the house of Israel had pro- 
faned among the heathen, whither 
they went. Therefore say unto the 
house of Israel, thus saith the Lord 
God ; I do not this for your sakes, 

house of Israel, but for mine holy 
name's sake, which ye have pro- 
faned among the heathen, whither 
ye went. And I will sanctify my 
great name, which was profaned 
among the heathen, which ye have 
profaned in the midst of them; and 
the heathen shall know that I am the 
Lord, saith the Lord God, when 

1 shall be sanctified in you before 
their eyes. For I will take you 
from among the heathen, and gath- 
er you out of all countries, and will 
bring you into your own land. — 26. 
A new heart also will I give you, 
and a new spirit will I put within 
you : and I will take away the stony 
heart out of your flesh, and I will 
give you an heart of flesh. And I 
will put my spirit within you, and 
cause you to walk in my statutes, 
and ye shall keep my judgments, 
and do them. And ye shall dwell 
in the land that I gave to your fa- 
thers ; and ye shall be my people, 
and I will be your God. I will also 



save you from all your uncleanness; 
and I will call for the corn, and will 
increase it, and lay no famine upon 
you. And I will multiply the fruit of 
the tree, and the increase of the field, 
that ye shnll receive no more re- 
proach of famine among the hea- 
then. Then shall ye remember 
your own evil ways, and your doings 
that were not good, and shall loathe 
yourselves in your own sight for 
your iniquities and for your abomi- 
nations. Not for your sakes do I 
this, saith the Lord God, be it 
known unto you : be ashamed and 
confounded for your own ways, O 
house of Israel. — 36. Then the 
heathen that are left round about 
you shall know that I the Lord 
build the ruined places, and plant 
that that was desolate: I the Lord 
have spoken it, and I will do it. 
Thus saith the Lord God ; I will 
yet for this be inquired of by the 
house of Israel, to do it for them ; 
I will increase them with men like a 
flock. 

Ps. 34: 17. The righteous cry, 
and the Lord heareth and deliver- 
eth them out of their troubles. The 
Lord is nigh unto them that are of 
a broken heart ; and saveth such as 
be of a contrite spirit. Many are 
the afflictions of the righteous: but 
the Lord delivereth him out of 
them all. He keepeth all his bones: 
not one of them is broken. The 
Lord redeemeth the soul of his 
servants: and none of them that 
trust in him shall be desolate. 

46: 1. God is our refuge and 
strength, a very present help in 
trouble. Therefore will not we 
fear, though the earth be removed, 
and though the mountains be car- 
ried into the midst of the sea ; 
though the waters thereof roar and 
be troubled, though the mountains 
shake with the swelling thereof. 
Selah. There is a river, the streams 
whereof shall make glad the city of 
God, the holy place of the taberna- 
cles of the Most High. God m in 
the midst of her ; she shall not be 
moved: God shall help her, and 
that right early. The heathen raged, 
the kingdoms were moved: he ut- 
tered his voice, the earth melted. 
The Lord of hosts is with us ; the 
God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 
Come, behold the works of the 
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made in the earth. He maketh 
wars to cease unto the end of ihe 
earth ; he breaketh the bow, and 
cutteth the spear in sunder ; he 
burnetii the chariot in the fire. Be 
still, and know that 1 am God: 1 
will be exalted among the heathen, 
I will he exalted in the earth. The 
Lord of hosts is with us ; the God 
of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 

IT 62: 1. Truly my soul waiteth 
upon God: from him cometh my 
salvation. He only is my rock and 
my salvation ; he is my defence j 
1 shall not be greatly moved. 

104:4. Who maketh his angels 
spirits ; his ministers a flaming lire. 

124:1. If it had not been the Lord 
who was on our side, now may Is- 
rael say ; if it had not been the Lord 
who was on our side, when men 
rose up against us ; then they had 
swallowed us up quick, when their 
wrath was kindled against us: then 
the waters had overwhelmed us, the 
stream had gone over our soul: then 
the proud waters had gone over our 
soul. Blessed be the Lord, who 
hath not given us as a prey to their 
teeth. Our soul is escaped as a 
bird out of the snare of the fowlers: 
the snare is broken, and we are es- 
caped. Our help is in the name of 
the Lord, who made heaven and 
earth. 

135: 5. For I know that the Lord 
is great, and thai our Lord is above 
all gods. Whatsoever the Lord 
pleased, that did he in heaven, and 
in earth, in the seas, and all deep 
places. 

127:1. Except the Lord build 
the house, they labor in vain that 
build it: except the Lord keep the 
city, the watchman waketh but in 
vain. 

Ph. 16: 1. The preparations of 
the heart in man, and the answer of 
the tongue, is from the Lord. All 
the ways of a man are clean in his 
own eyes ; but the Lord weigheth 
the spirits. Commit thy works un- 
to the Lord, and thy thoughts shall 
be established. The Lord hath 
made all things for himself: yea, 
even the wicked for the day of evil. 
Every one that is proud in heart is 
an abomination to the Lord: though 
hand join in hand, he shall not be 
unpunished. — 7. When a man's 
ways please the Lord, he maketh 



even his enemies to be at peace 
with him. — 9. A man's heart de- 
viseth his way: but the Lord di- 
recteth his steps. 

Isa. 25: 7. And he will destroy 
in this mountain the face of the cov- 
ering cast over all people, and the 
vail that is spread over all nations. 
He will swallow up death in victo- 
ry ; and the Lord God will wipe 
away tears from off all faces ; and 
the rebuke of his people shall he 
take away from off all the earth: 
for the Lord hath spoken it. And 
it shall be said in that day, Lo, this 
is our God ; we have waited for 
him, and he will save us: this is the 
Lord ; we have waited for him, we 
will be glad and rejoice in his sal- 
vation. 

III. Striking cases of Divine protec- 
tion. 

Gen. 31 : 5. But the God of my 
father hath been with me. And ye 
know that with all my power I have 
served your father. And your fa- 
ther hath deceived me, and changed 
my wages ten times ; but God suffer- 
ed him not to hurt me. If he said 
thus, the speckled shall be thy wa- 
ges : then all the cattle bare speck- 
led : and if he said thus, the ring- 
streaked shall be thy hire ; then 
bare all the cattle ring-streaked. 

Ex. 14: S. And the Lord har- 
dened the heart of Pharaoh, king of 
Egypt, and he pursued after °the 
children of Israel. — 10. And when 
Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of 
Israel lifted up their eyes, and, be- 
hold, the Egyptians marched afrer 
them ; and they were sore afraid: 
and the children of Israel cried out 
unto the Lord. And they said unto 
Moses, because there were no graves 
in Egypt, hast thou taken us away 
to die in the wilderness? wherefore 
hast thou dealt thus with us, to car- 
ry us forth out of Egypt? — 13. 
And Moses said unto the people, 
fear ye not, stand still, and see the 
salvation of the Lord, which he 
will show to you to-day: for the 
Egyptians whom ye have seen 
to-day, ye shall see them again 
no more forever. The Lord shall 
fight for you, and ye shall hold your 
peace. And the Lord said unto 
Moses, wherefore criest thou unto 
me? speak unto the children of Is- 



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rael, that they go forward: but lift 
thou up thy rod, and stretch out 
thine hand over the sea, and divide 
it: and the children of Israel shall 
go on dry ground through the midst 
of the sea. — 21. And Moses stretch- 
ed out his hand over the sea ; and 
the Lord caused the sea to go back 
by a strong east wind all that night, 
and made the sea dry land, and the 
waters were divided. And the child- 
ren of Israel went into the midst of 
the sea upon the dry ground: arid 
the waters were a wall unto them on 
their right hand, and on their left. 
And the Egyptians pursued, and 
went in after them to the midst of 
the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, 
his chariots, and his horsemen. — 
26. And the Lord said unto Moses, 
stretch out thine hand over the sea, 
that the waters may come again upon 
the Egyptians, upon their chariots, 
and upon their horsemen. And Mo- 
ses stretched forth his hand over 
the sea, and the sea returned to his 
strength when the morning appear- 
ed: add the Egyptians fled against 
it ; and the Lord overthrew the 
Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 
And the waters returned, and cov- 
ered the chariots, and the horse- 
men, and all the host of Pharaoh 
that came into the sea after them ; 
there remained not so much as one 
of them. 

1T 1 Sam. 17: 38. And Saul armed 
David with his armor, and he put 
an helmet of brass upon his head ; 
also he armed him with a coat of 
mail. And David girded his sword 
upon his armor, and he assayed to 
go ; for he had not proved it. And 
David said unto Saul, I cannot go 
with these ; for I have not proved 
them. And David put them off him. 
And he took his staff in his hand, 
and chose him five smooth stones 
out of the brook, and put them in a 
shepherd's bag which he had, even 
in a scrip ; and his sling was in his 
hand : and he drew near to the Phil- 
istine. And the Philistine came on 
and drew near wito David ; and the 
man that bare the shield went before 
him. And when the Philistine look- 
ed about, and saw David, he dis- 
dained him: for he was but a youth, 
and ruddy, and of a fair counte- 
nance. And the Philistine said unto 
David, aw I a dog, that thou comest 



to me with staves ? and the Philis- 
tine cursed David by his gods. — 
45. Then said David to the Philis- 
tine, thou comest to me with a sword, 
and with a spear, and with a shield: 
but I come to thee in the name of 
the Lord of hosts, the God of the 
armies of Israel, whom thou hast 
defied. This day will. the Lord de- 
liver thee into mine hand ; and I 
will smite thee, and take thine head 
from thee ; and I will give the car- 
casses of the host of the Philistines 
this day unto the fowls of the air, 
and to the wild beasts of the earth ; 
that all the earth may know that 
there is a God in Israel. And all 
this assembly shall know that the 
Lord saveth not with sword and 
spear: for the battle is the Lord's, 
and he will give you into our hands. 

23:26. And David made haste 
to get away for fear of Saul ; for 
Saul and his men compassed David 
and his men round about to take 
them. But there came a messen- 
ger unto Saul, saying, haste thee, 
and come ; for the Philistines have 
invaded the land. 

24: 4. And the men of David 
said unto him, behold the day of 
which the Lord said unto thee, Be- 
hold, I will deliver thine enemy into 
thine hand, that thou ma vest do to 
him as seemeth good unto thee 
Then David arose, and cut off the 
skirt of Saul's robe privily. — 7. 
But Saul rose up out of the cave, 
and went on his way. David 
also arose afterward, and went out 
of the cave, and cried after Saul, 
saying, my lord the king. — 11. See, 
yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my 
hand: for in that I cut off the skirt 
of thy robe, and killed thee not, 
know thou and see that there is nei- 
ther evil nor transgression in mine 
hand, and I have not sinned against 
thee; yet thou huntest my soul to 
take it. The Lord judge be- 
tween me and the*e, and the Lord 
avenge me of thee: but mine hand 
shall not be upon thee. 

1 Kings 17: 1. And Elijah the 
Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants 
of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the 
Lord God of Israel liveth, before 
whom I stand, there shall not be 
dew nor rain these years, but ac- 
cording to my word. — 8. And 
the word of the Lord came unto 
him saying, arise, get thee to Zare- 



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phath, which belongeth to Zidon, 
and dwell there : behold, I have 
commanded a widow woman there 
to sustain thee. So he arose and 
went to Zarephath. And when he 
came to the gate of the city, behold, 
the widow woman teas there gath- 
ering of sticks: and he called to her, 
and said, fetch me, I pray thee, a 
little water in a vessel, that I may 
drink. And as she was going to 
fetch it, he called to her, and said, 
bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of 
bread in thine hand. And she said, 
Jls the Lord thy God liveth, I have 
not a cake, but an handful of meal 
in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: 
and, behold, I am gathering two 
sticks, that I may go in and dress it 
for me and my son, that we may eat 
it, and die. And Elijah said unto 
her, fear not ; go and do as thou 
hast said: but make me thereof a 
little cake first, and bring it unto 
me, and after make for thee and for 
thy son. For thus saith the Lord 
God of Israel, the barrel of meal 
shall not waste, neither shall the 
cruse of oil fail, until the day that 
the Lord sendeth rain upon the 
earth. And she went and did ac- 
cording to the saying of Elijah: and 
she, and he, and her house, did eat 
many days. And the barrel of meal 
wasted not, neither did the cruse of 
oil fail. 

IF Acts 5: 17. Then the high 
priest rose up, and all they that 
were with him, (which is the sect 
of the Sadducees,) and were filled 
with indignation, and laid their 
hands on the Apostles, and put 
them in the common prison. But 
the angel of the Lord by night open- 
ed the prison doors, and brought 
them forth, and said, go, stand and 
speak in the temple to the people 
all the words of this life. And when 
they heard that, they entered into 
the temple early in the morning, 
and taught. But the high priest 
came, and they that were with him, 
and called the council together, and 
all the senate of the children of Is- 
rael, and sent to the prison to have j 
them brought. But when the offi- 
cers came, and found them not in 
the prison, they returned, and told, 
saying, the prison truly found we 
shut with all safety, and the keep- 
ers standing without before the 



doors: but when we had opened, 
we found no man within. Now, 
when the high priest, and the cap- 
tain of the temple, and the chief 
priests, heard these things, they 
doubted of them whereunto this 
would grow. Then came one and 
told them, saying, behold, the men 
whom ye put in prison are standing 
in the temple, and teaching the peo- 
ple. Then went the captain with 
the officers, and brought them with- 
out violence : for they feared the 
people, lest they should have been 
stoned. 

II. By his Spirit. 

Num. 11:25. And the Lord came 
down in a cloud, and spake unto 
him, and took of the spirit that was 
upon him, and gave it unto the sev- 
enty elders: and it came to pass, 
that, when the spirit rested upon 
them, they prophesied, and did not 
cease. But there remained two of 
the men in the camp, the name of 
the one was Eldad, and the name of 
the other Medad : and the spirit 
rested upon them ; and they were 
of them that were written, but went 
not out unto the tabernacle : and 
they prophesied in the camp. And 
there ran a young man, and told 
Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad 
do prophesy in the camp. And 
Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant 
of Moses, one of his young men, an- 
swered and said, My lord Moses, 
forbid them. And Moses said unto 
him, enviest thou for my sake ? 
would God that all the Lord's peo- 
ple were prophets, and that the 
Lord would put his spirit upon 
them ! 

1 Sam. 10: 10. The spirit of the 
Lord came upon Saul, and he 
prophesied. 

Neh. 9:30. Thou testifiedst against 
them by thy spirit in the prophets. 

Ezek. 11: 5. The spirit of the 
Lord fell upon me, and said unto 
me, speak, &.c. 

Joel 2: 23. I will pour out my 
spirit upon all flesh, and your sons 
and your daughters shall prophesy, 
your old men shall dream dreams, 
and your young men shall see vi- 
sions. And also upon the servants 
and the hand-maidens in those days 
will I pour out my spirit. 

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III. 



by the spirit of the Lord, and of 
judgment, and of might, to declare 
unto Jacob his transgressions and 
unto Israel his sins. 

Isa. 59: 19. When the enemy 
shall come in like a flood, the spirit 
of the Lord shall lift up a standard 
against him. And the Redeemer 
shall come to Zion, and unto them 
that turn from transgression in Ja- 
cob, saith the Lord. As for me, 
this is my covenant with them, saith 
the Lord ; my spirit that is upon 
thee, and my words which I have 
put in thy mouth, shall not depart 
out of thy mouth, nor out of the 
mouth of thy seed, nor out of the 
mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the 
Lord, from henceforth and for- 
ever. 

63: 10. But they rebelled, and 
vexed his holy spirit: therefore he 
was turned to be their enemy, and 
he fought against them. Then he 
remembered the days of old, Moses, 
and his people, saying, where is he 
that brought them up out of the sea 
with the shepherd of his flock ? 
where is he that put his holy spirit 
within him? — 13. That led them 
through the deep, as an horse in 
the wilderness, that they should not 
stumble ? as a beast goeth down in- 
to the valley, the spirit of the Lord 
caused him to rest: so didst thou 
lead thy people, to make thyself a 
glorious name. 

Zech. 4: 6. Not by might, nor 
by power, but by my spirit, saith 
the Lord of hosts. Who art thou, 
O great mountain ? before Zerub- 
babel thoushalt become a plain : and 
he shall bring forth the head-stone 
thereof with shoutings, crying, grace, 
grace unto it. 

If 2 Pet. 1: 21. Prophecy came 
not in old time by the will of man ; 
but holy men of God spake as they 
were moved by the Holy Ghost. 

Luke 12: 12. The Holy Ghost 
shall teach you, in the same hour 
what ye ought to say. 

24: 49. Behold, 1 send the prom- 
ise of the Father unto you: but tar- 
ry ye in Jerusalem^ill ye be endued 
with power from on high. 

John 14: 26. I will pray the Fa- 
ther, and he will send you another 
Comforter, even the Spirit of truth. 
He shall teach you all things, and 
bring all things to your remem- 



brance whatsoever I have said unto 
you. 

16:8. He will reprove the world 
of sin, of righteousness, and of judg- 
ment. 

3: 5. Except a man be born of 
water and of the spirit, he cannot 
enter into the kingdom of God. 
[See "Holy Spirit."] 

III. By the dispensations of his 
word, or revelation of himself. 

Gen. 12: 1. Now the Lord had 
said unto Abram, get thee out of 
thy country, and from thy kindred, 
and from thy father's house, unto a 
land that I will show thee: and I 
will make of thee a great nation, 
and I will bless thee, and make thy 
name great ; and thou shalt be a 
blessing: and I will bless them that 
bless thee, and curse him that curs- 
eth thee ; and in thee shall all fami- 
lies of the earth be blessed. 

13: 14. And the Lord said unto 
Abram, after that Lot was separated 
from him, lift up now thine eyes, 
and look from the place where thou 
art, northward, and southward, and 
eastward, and westward : for all the 
land which thou seest, to thee will I 
give it, and to thy seed forever. 
And I will make thy seed as the 
dust of the earth: so that if a man 
can number the dust of the earth, 
then shall thv seed also be number- 
ed. 

35: 9. And God appeared unto 
Jacob again, when he came out of 
Padan-aram, and blessed him. And 
God said unto him, thy name is Ja- 
cob: thy name shall not be called 
any more Jacob, but Israel shall be 
thy name: and he called his name 
Israel. And God said unto him, I 
am God Almighty: be fruitful and 
multiply ; a nation and a company 
of nations shall be of thee, and kings 
shall come out of thy loins ; and the 
land which I gave Abraham and 
Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to 
thy seed after thee will I give the 
land. And God went up from him 
in the place where he talked with 
him. And Jacob set up a pillar. 

Ex. 6:2. And God spake unto 
Moses, and said unto him, I am the 
Lord: and I appeared unto Abra- 
ham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, 
by the name of God Almighty, but 
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known to them. And I have also 
established my covenant with them, 
to give them the land of Canaan, 
the land of their pilgrimage, where- 
in they were strangers. 

Deut. 7: 6. For thou art an ho- 
ly people unto the Lord thy God: 
the Lord thy God hath chosen thee 
to be a special people unto himself, 
above all people that are upon the 
face of the earth. The Lord did 
not set his love upon you, nor 
choose you, because ye were more 
in number than any people ; for ye 
were the fewest of all people: but 
because the Lord loved you, and 
because he would keep the oath 
which he had sworn unto your fa- 
thers, hath the Lord brought you 
out with a mighty hand, and re- 
deemed you out of the house of 
bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh, 
king of Egypt. 

1F Ge:n\ 8: 17. And the Lord said, 
shall I hide from Abraham that 
thing which I do ; seeing that Abra- 
ham shall surely become a great and 
mighty nation, and all the nations 
of the earth shall be blessed in him? 
for I know him, that he will com- 
mand his children and his household 
after him, and they shall keep the 
way of the Lord, to do justice and 
judgment ; that the Lord may bring 
upon Abraham that which he hath 
spoken of him. 

22: 15. And the angel of the Lord 
called unto Abraham out of heaven 
the second time, and said, by my- 
self have I sworn, saith the Lord, 
for because thou hast done this thing, 
and hast not withheld thy son, thine 
only son: that in blessisg I will bless 
thee, and in multiplying I will mul- 
tiply thy seed as the stars of the 
heaven, and as the sand which is | 
upon the sea-shore ; and thy seed 
shall possess the gate of his ene- 
mies ; and in thy seed shall all the 
nations of the earth be blessed ; be- ; 
cause thou hast obeyed my voice. 

Deut. 12: 10. But when ye go j 
over Jordan, and dwell in the land i 
which the Lord your God giveth j 
you to inherit, and when he giveth 
you rest from all your enemies 
round, about, so that ye dwell in j 
safety: then there shall be a place 
which the Lord your God shall 
choose to cause his name to dwell 
there. 



Isa. 41 : 8. But thou, Israel, art 
my servant, Jacob whom I have 
chosen, the seed of Abraham my 
friend. Thou whom I have taken 
from the ends of the earth, and call- 
ed thee from the chief men thereof, 
and said unto thee, thou art my ser- 
vant ; I have chosen thee, and not 
cast thee away. Fear thou not ; 
for I am with thee: be not dis- 
mayed ; for I am thy God: I will 
strengthen thee ; yea, I will help 
thee ; yea, I will uphold thee with 
the right hand of my righteousness. 
Behold, all they that were incensed 
against thee shall be ashamed and 
confounded: they shall be as noth- 
ing ; and they that strive with thee 
shall perish. — 14. Fear not, thou 
worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel ; 
I will help thee, saith the Lord, and 
thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Is- 
rael. 

Ps. 105: 8. He hath remembered 
his covenant forever, the word which 
he commanded to a thousand gener- 
ations. Which covenant he made 
with Abraham, and his oath unto 
Isaac ; and confirmed the same un- 
to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for 
aneverlastingcovenant: saying, Un- 
to thee will I give the land of Ca- 
naan, the lot of your inheritance: 
when they were but a few men in 
number ; yea, very few, and stran- 
gers in it. When they went from 
one nation to another, from one 
kingdom to another people ; he 
suffered no man to do them wrong ; 
yea, he reproved kings for their 
sakes ; saying, Touch not mine a- 
nointed, and do my prophets no 
harm. 

33: 12. Blessed is the nation 
whose God is the Lord ; the peo- 
ple whom he hath chosen for 
his own inheritance. The Lord 
looketh from heaven. He behold- 
eth all the sons of men. From the 
place of his habitation he looketh 
upon all the inhabitants of the earth. 
He fashioneth their hearts alike. 
He considereth all their works. 

IT 1 Pet. 2:9. But ye are a chosen 
generation, a royal Priesthood, an 
holy nation, a peculiar people, that 
ye should show forth the praises of 
him who hath called you out of 
darkness into his marvellous light. 

Jer. 31: 31. Behold, the "days 
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Ill 



make a new covenant with the 
house of Israel, and with the house 
of Judah; not according to the cov- 
enant that I made with their fathers, 
in the day that I took them by the 
hand, to bring them out of the land 
of Egypt ; which my covenant they 
brake, although I was an husband 
unto them, saith the Lord: but this 
shall be the covenant that I will 
make with the house of Israel ; af- 
ter those days, saith the Lord, I 
will put my law in their inward 
parts, and write it in their hearts ; 
and will be their God, and they 
shall be my people. And they shall 
teach no more every man his neigh- 
bor, and every man his brother, say- 
ing, know the Lord: for they shall 
all know me, from the least of them 
unto the greatest of them, saith the 
Lord: for I will forgive their ini- 
quity, and I will remember their sin 
no more. 

IF Mark 4: 11. And he said unto 
them, unto you it is given to know 
the mystery of the kingdom of God: 
but unto them that are without all 
these things are done in parables: 
that seeing they may see, and not 
perceive ; and hearing they may 
hear, and not understand ; lest at 
any time they should be converted, 
and their sins should be forgiven 
them. 

Luke 10: 21. In that hour Jesus 
rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank 
thee, O Father, Lord of heaven 
and earth, that thou hast hid these 
things from the wise and prudent, 
and hast revealed them unto babes: 
even so, Father ; for so it seemed 
good in thy sight. 

Acts 4: 24. And when they heard 
that, they lifted up their voice to 
God with one accord, and said, 
Lord, thou art God, which hast 
made heaven, and earth, and the 
sea, and all that in them is ; who, 
by the mouth of thy servant David, 
hast said, why did the heathen rage, 
and the people imagine vain things? 
the kings of the earth stood up, and 
the rulers were gathered together, 
against the Lord, and against his 
Christ. For of a truth against thy 
holy child Jesus, whom thou hast 
anointed, both Herod, and Pontius 
Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the 
people of Israel, were gathered to- 
gether, for to do whatsoever thy 



hand and thy counsel determined 
before to be done. And now, Lord, 
behold their threatenings ; and grant 
unto thy servants, that with all bold- 
ness they may speak thy word, by 
stretching forth thy hand to heal; 
and that signs and wonders may be 
done by the name of thy holy child 
Jesus. And when they had prayed, 
the place was shaken where they 
were assembled together ; and they 
were all filled with the Holy Ghost, 
and they spake the word of God 
with boldness. 

15: 15. And to this agree the 
words of the prophets ; as it is 
written, After this I will return, 
and will build again the taberna- 
cle of David, which is fallen down ; 
and I will build again the ruins 
thereof, and I will set it up: that 
the residue of men might seek after 
the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon 
whom my name is called, saith the 
Lord who doeth all these things. 
Known unto God are all his works 
from the beginning of the world. 

Rom. 8: 28. And we know that 
all things work together for good, 
to them that love God, to them who 
are the called according to his pur- 
pose. For whom he did foreknow, 
he also did predestinate to be con- 
formed to the image of his Son, that 
he might be the first-born among 
many brethren. Moreover, whom 
he did predestinate, them he also 
called ; and whom he called, them 
he also justified ; and whom he jus- 
tified, them he also glorified. What 
shall we then say to these things? 
If God be for us, who can be against 
us? he that spared not his own Son, 
but delivered him up for us all, how 
shall he not with him also freely 
give us all things? Who shall lay 
any thing to the charge of God's 
elect? it is God that justifieth. 

9: 10. And not only this ; but 
when Rebecca also had conceived 
by one, even by our father Isaac, 
for the children being not yet born, 
neither having done any good or 
evil, — (that the purpose of God ac- 
cording to election might stand, not 
of works, but of him that calleth ;) 
it was said unto her, " The elder 
shall serve the younger:" (Gen. 
25: 23.) as it is written, 

Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. 

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unrighteousness with God? God for- 
bid. For he saith to Moses, " I will 
have mercy on whom I will have 
mercy, and I will have compassion 
on whom I will have compassion." 
(Ex. 33: 19.) So then, it is not of 
him that willeth, nor of him that 
runneth, but of God that showeth 
mercy. For the scripture saith unto 
Pharaoh ; " Even for this same pur- 
pose have I raised thee up, that I 
might show my power in thee, and 
that my name might be declared 
throughout all the earth." (Ex. 9: 
16.) Therefore hath he mercy on 
whom he will have mercy, and whom 
he will he hardeneth. Thou wilt 
say then unto me, why doth he yet 
find fault? for who hath resisted his 
will ? Nay but, O man, who art thou 
that repliest against God? Shall the 
thing formed say to him that formed 
it, why hast thou made me thus? 
hath not the potter power over the 
clay, of the same lump, to make one 
vessel unto honor and another unto 
dishonor? What if God, willing to 
show his wrath, and to make his 
power known, endured with much 
long-suffering the vessels of wrath 
fitted to destruction : and that he 
might make known the riches of his 
glory on the vessels of mercy, which 
he had afore prepared unto glory, 
even us, whom he hath called, not 
of the Jews only, but also of the 
Gentiles? as he saith also in Osee, 
" I will call them my people, which 
were not my people ; and her belov- 
ed, which was not beloved." (Hos. 
2: 23.) " And it shall come to pass, 
that in the place where it was said 
unto them, ye are not my people ; 
there shall they be called, the child- 
ren of the living God." (Hos. 1:10.) 

1T Rom. 11:1. I say then, hath God 
castaway his people? God forbid. 
For I also am an Israelite, of the 
seed of Abraham, of the tribe of 
Benjamin. God hath not cast away 
his people which he foreknew. Wot 
ye not what the Scripture saith of 
Elias? how he maketh interces- 
sion to God against Israel, saying, 
" Lord, they have killed thy proph- 
ets, and digged down thine altars ; 
and I am left aloue, and they seek 
my life?" (1 Kings 19: 10.) But 
what saith the answer of God unto 
him? " I have reserved to myself 
seven thousand men, who have not 



bowed the knee to the image of 
Baal." (18: 19.) Even so then at 
this present time also there is a 
remnant according to the election 
of grace. And if by grace, then is it 
no more of works: otherwise grace 
is no more grace. But if it be of 
works, then is it no more grace: 
otherwise work is no more work. 
What then? Israel hath not obtain- 
ed that which he seeketh for ; but 
the election hath obtained it, and 
the rest were blinded, (according as 
it is written, " God hath given them 
the spirit of slumber, eyes that they 
should not see, and ears that they 
should not hear ; ") (Deut. 29: 4,) 
unto this day. And David saith, 
"Let their table be made a snare, and 
a trap, and a stumbling-block, and 
a recompense unto them: let their 
eyes be darkened, that they may 
not see, and bow down their back al- 
ways." — 25. For I would not, breth- 
ren, that ye should be ignorant of 
this mystery, (lest ye should be wise 
in your own conceits,) that blindness 
in part is happened to Israel, until 
the fulness of the Gentiles be come 
in. And so all Israel shall be saved: 
as it is written, " There shall come 
out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall 
turn away ungodliness from Jacob :" 
(Isa. 59: 20.) " For this is my cov- 
enant unto them, when I shall take 
away their sins." (Jer. 31: 31.) As 
concerning the gospel, they are ene- 
mies for your sakes: but as touching 
the election, they are beloved for 
the fathers' sakes. For the gifts 
and calling of God are without re- 
pentance. For as ye in times past 
have not believed God, yet have 
now obtained mercy through their 
unbelief; even so have these also 
now not believed, that through your 
mercy they also may obtain mercy. 
For God hath concluded them all in 
unbelief, that he might have mercy 
upon all. 

Eph. 1 : 3. Blessed be the God 
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
who hath blessed us with all spirit- 
ual blessings in heavenly places in 
Christ: according as he hath chosen 
us in him, before the foundation of 
j the world, that we should be holy 
and without blame before him in 
j love: having predestinated us unto 
i the adoption of children by Jesus 
| Christ to himself, according to the 
I good pleasure of his will, to the 



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praise of the glory of his grace, 
wherein he hath made us accepted 
in the Beloved: in whom we have 
redemption through his blood, the 
forgiveness of sins, — according to 
the riches of his grace, wherein he 
hath abounded toward us in all wis- 
dom and prudence, having made 
known unto us the mystery of his 
will, according to his good pleasure, 
which he hath purposed in himself: 
that in the dispensation of the ful- 
ness of times, he might gather to- 
gether in one all things in Christ, 
both which are in heaven, and 
which are on earth ; even in him: — 
in whom also we have obtained an 
inheritance, being predestinated ac- 
cording to the purpose of him who 
worketh all things after the counsel 
of his own will: that we should be 
to the praise of his glory, who first 
trusted in Christ: in whom ye also 
trusted, after that ye heard the word 
of truth, the gospel of your salva- 
tion: in whom also after that ye be- 
lieved, ye were sealed with that 
Holy Spirit of promise, which is 
the earnest of our inheritance until 
the redemption of the purchased 
possession, unto the praise of his 
glory. 

1 Cor. 1: 26. For ye see your 
calling brethren, how that not many 
wise men after the flesh, not many 
mighty, not many noble, are called ; 
but God hath chosen the foolish 
things of the world to confound the 
wise ; that no flesh should glory in 
his presence. 

2: 7. We speak the wisdom of 
God in a mystery, even the hidden j 
wisdom which God ordained before 
the world unto our glory, which 
none of the princes of this world 
knew, but God hath revealed them 
unto us by his spirit. 

Eph. 1 : 3. Blessed be the God 
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
who hath blessed us with all spirit- 
ual blessings in heavenly places in 
Christ, according as he hath chosen 
us in him before the foundation of 
the world, that we should be holy 
and without blame before him in 
love, having predestinated us unto 
the adoption of children by Jesus 
Christ to himself, according to the 
good pleasure of his will. 



CHAPTER IV. 
GOD MANIFESTED IN CHRIST. 

§ 1. DECLARATIONS, WHICH ASSO- 
CIATE CHRIST WITH GOD. 

Jer. 23: 3. This is the name 
whereby he shall be called "The 
Lord (JEHOVAH) our righteous- 
ness." 

Ps. 45: 6. Thy throne, God, 
is forever and ever. 

Isa. 9: 6. And his name shall 
be called Wonderful, Counsellor, 
the mighty God, the everlasting 
Father, the Prince of Peace. 

49: 7. Thus saith the LoRD,the re- 
deemer of Israel, and his Holy One, 
to him whom man despiseth. 

Mat. 3: 17. And lo, a voice from 
heaven, saying, "This is my belov- 
ed Son,in whom I am well pleased." 

John 1:1. The word was God. 
— 14. And the word was made 
flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we 
beheld his glory, the glory as of the 
only begotten of the Father,) full 
of grace and truth. — 18. No man 
hath seen God at any time ; the 
only begotten Son, which is in the 
bosom of the Father, he hath de- 
clared him. 

3:31. He that cometh from above 
is above all : he that is of the earth 
is earthly, and speaketh of the 
earth ; he that cometh from heaven 
is above all. — 34. For he whom 
God hath sent, speaketh the words 
of God: for God giveth not the 
Spirit by measure unto him. The 
Father loveth the Son, and hath 
given all things into his hand. 

11 : 29. My Father, which gave 
them me, is greater than all ; and 
no man is able to pluck them out of 
my Father's hand. I and my Fath- 
er are one. Then the Jews took 
up stones again to stone him. Jesus 
answered them, Many good works 
have I showed you from my Father; 
for which of those works do ye 
stone me ? The Jews answered him, 
For a good work we stone thee not; 
but for blasphemy, and because that 
thou, being a man, makest thyself 
God. Jesus answered them, Is it 
not written in your law, 

" I said, Ye are gods ? " 

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the word of God came, (and the 
scripture cannot be broken,) say ye 
of him whom the Father hath sanc- 
tified, and sent into the world, Thou 
blasphemest ; because I said, I am 
the Son of God ? If I do not the 
works of my Father, believe me 
not. But if I do, though ye believe 
not me, believe the works: that ye 
may know and believe that the 
Father is in me, and I in him. 

14: 9. He that hath seen me 
hath seen the Father; how sayest 
thou then " show us the Father? " 

17: 10. And all mine are thine, 
and thine are mine; and I am glori- 
fied in them. And now I am no 
more in the world, but these are in 
the world, and I come to thee. 

19: 7. The Jews answered him, 
We have a law, and by our law he 
ought to die, because he made him- 
self the Son of God. When Pilate 
therefore heard that saying, he was 
the more afraid. 

1 Cor. 14: 24. Then cometh the 
end, when he shall have delivered 
up the kingdom to God, even the 
Father ; when he shall have put 
down all rule, and all authority, and 
power. For he must reign, 

" Till he hath put all enemies under his feet." 

The last enemy that shall be de- 
stroyed is death. 

" For he hath put all things under his feet." 

But when he saith all things are put 
under him, it is manifest that he is 
excepted which did put all things 
under him. And when all things 
shall be subdued unto him, then 
shall the Son also himself be subject 
unto him that put all things under 
him, that God may be all in all. 

Col. 1: 1. Paul, an apostle of 
Jesus Christ, by the will of God, 
and Timotheus our brother, to the 
saints and faithful brethren in 
Christ which are at Collosse. Grace 
be unto you, and peace from God 
our Father and the Lord Jesus ! 
Christ. 

2: 9. For in him dwelleth all the 
fulness of the Godhead bodily. 
And ye are complete in him, which 
is the head of all principality and 
power. 

1 Tim. 3: 16. And without con- 
troversy, great is the mystery of 
godliness: God was manifest in the 
flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of 



angels, preached unto the Gentiles, 
believed on in the world, received 
up into glory. 

Tit. 2: 10. That they may adorn 
the doctrine of God our Savior in 
all things. For the grace of God 
that bringeth salvation hath ap- 
peared to all men, teaching us, that 
denying ungodliness and worldly 
lusts, we should live soberly, right- 
eously, and godly, in this present 
world ; looking for that blessed 
hope, and the glorious appearing of 
the great God and our Savior Jesus 
Christ ; who gave himself for us, 
that he might redeem us from all 
iniquity, and purify unto himself a 
peculiar people, zealous of good 
works. 

1T Heb. 1:1. God, who at sundry 
times and in divers manners spake 
in times past unto the fathers by the 
prophets, hath in these last days 
spoken unto us by his Son, whom 
he hath appointed heir of all things, 
by whom also he made the worlds, 
who, being the brightness of his 
glory, and the express image of his 
person, and upholding all things by 
the word of his power, when he 
had by himself purged our sins, sat 
down on the right hand of the 
Majesty on high ; being made so 
much better than the Angels, as he 
hath by inheritance obtained a more 
excellent name than they. For 
unto which of the Angels said he at 
any time, "Thou art my Son, this 
day have I begotten thee ? " (Ps. 2: 
7.) And again, " I will be to him 
a Father, and he shall be to me a 
Son ? " (2 Sam. 7: 14.) And again, 
when he bringeth in the first-begot- 
ten into the world, he saith, "And 
let all the Angels of God worship 
him. 3 ' (Ps. 97 : 7.) And of the An- 
gels he saith, " Who maketh his 
Angels spirits, and his ministers a 
flame of fire." (Ps.l04:4.) But unto 
the Son, he saith, " Thy throne, O 
God, is forever and ever: a sceptre 
of Righteousness is the sceptre of 
thy kingdom ; thou hast loved righ- 
teousness, and hated iniquity; there- 
fore God, even thy God, hath anoint- 
ed thee with the oil of gladness 
abovethyfellows."(Ps.45:6.) And, 
"Thou, Lord, in the beginning 
hast laid the foundation of the earth; 
and the heavens are the works of 
thy hands. They shall perish ; but 



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thou remainest: and they all shall 
wax old, as doth a garment, and 
as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, 
and they shall be changed: but thou 
art the same, and thy years shall 
not fail." (Ps.l02:25.) But to which 
of the Angels said he at any time, 
" Sit on my right hand, until I 
make thine enemies thy footstool?" 
(Ps. 110: 1.) Are they not all minis- 
tering spirits, sent forth to minister 
for them who shall be heirs of sal- 
ratio n ? 

Acts 20: 23. Feed the church of 
God, which he hath purchased with 
his own blood. 

1 John 2: 22. He is antichrist 
that denieth the Father and the 
Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, 
the same hath not the Father. 
— 15. Whosoever shall confess that 
Jesus is the son of God, God dwell- 
eth in him and he in God. 

5: 7. There are three that bear 
record in heaven, the Father, the 
Word, and the Holy Ghost ; and 
these three are one. 

Jude 2. Jude, the servant of 
Jesus Christ, and brother of James, 
to them that are sanctified by God 
the Father, and preserved in Jesus 
Christ, and called. — 4. For there 
are certain men crept in unawares, 
who were before of old ordained to 
this condemnation, ungodly men, 
turning the the grace of our God 
into lasciviousness, and denying the 
only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

Mat. 38: 9. Baptizing them in the 
name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. 

John 5: 23. That all men should 
honor the Son, even as they honor 
the Father. He that honoreth not 
the Son, honoreth not the Father. 

If Phil. 2: 6. Who, being in the 
form of God, thought it not robbery 
to be equal with God. 

Rom. 9: 5. Christ, who is over 
all, God blessed forever. Amen. 

1 John 5: 20. And we know that 
the Son of God is come, and hath 
given us an understanding, that we 
may know him that is true: and we 
are in him that is true, even in his 
Son Jesus Christ. This is the true 
God, and eternal life. 

John 5: 17. Jesus saith unto 
them, My Father worketh hitherto 
and I work. Therefore the Jews 



sought the more to kill him, because 
he not only had broken the sab- 
bath, but said also, that God was 
his Father, making himself equal 
with God. 

Rev. 17: 14. The Lamb shall 
overcome them, for he is King of 
kings, and Lord of lords. 

1 Tim. 3: 16. I give thee charge 
in the sight of God, who quickeneth 
all things, and before Jesus Christ, 
who before Pontius Pilate witness- 
ed a good confession, that thou 
keep this commandment without 
spot, unrebukable, until the appear- 
ing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which 
in his time he shall show ; who is 
the blessed and only Potentate, the 
King of kings and Lord of lords, 
who only hath immortality, dwell- 
ing in the light which no man can 
approach unto: whom no man hath 
seen or can see; to whom be honor 
and power everlasting. Amen. 

2 Pet. 1: 1. Simon Peter, a serv- 
ant and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, 
to them that have obtained like 
precious faith with us, through the 
righteousness of God and our Sa- 
vior Jesus Christ: Grace and peace 
be multiplied unto you, through the 
knowledge of God and of Jesus, 
our Lord, according as his divine 
power hath given unto us all things 
that pertain unto life and godliness. 



§ 2. DIVINE CHARACTERISTICS, AP- 
PLIED TO CHRIST. 

I. Self-existent and eternal. 

John 3: 13. No man hath as- 
cended into heaven but he that came 
down from heaven, even the Son of 
man which is in heaven. 

Mat. 22:41. While the Phari- 
sees were gathered together, Jesus 
asked them, saying, What think ye 
of Christ ? whose son is he ? They 
say unto him, The son of David. 
He saith unto them, How then doth 
David in spirit call him Lord, say- 
ing, "The Lord said unto my Lord, 
sit thou on my right hand, till I 
make thine enemies thy footstool?" 
(Ps. 110:1.) If David then call 
him Lord, how is he his son? And 
no man was able to answer him a 
word ; neither durst any man, from 



CH. 



iv.] 



CHRIST'S ORIGINATING POWER. 



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that day forth, ask him any more 
questions. 

John 1 : 1. In the beginning was 
the Word; and the Word was with 
God. The same was in the begin- 
ning with God. — 4. In him was 
life ; and the life was the light 
of men. And the light shineth in 
darkness ; and the darkness com- 
prehended it not. — 15. John bare 
witness of him, and cried, saying, 
This was he of whom I spake, 
He that cometh after me is pre- 
ferred before me; for he was before 
me. 

5: 26. For as the Father hath life 
in himself, so hath he given to the 
Son to have life in himself; and 
hath given him authority to execute 
judgment also, because he is the 
Son of man. 

8: 56. Your father Abraham re- 
joiced to see my day: and he saw 
it, and was glad. Then said the 
Jews unto him, Thou art not yet 
fifty years old, and hast thou seen 
Abraham? Jesus said unto them, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Be- 
fore Abraham was, I am. Then 
took they up stones to cast at him: 
but Jesus hid himself, and went out 
of the temple, going through the 
midst of them, and so passed by. 

17: 5. And now, O Father, glo- 
rify thou me with thine own self, 
with the glory which I had with 
thee before the world was. I have 
manifested thy name unto the men 
which thou gavest me out of the 
world: thine they were, and thou 
gavest them me ; and they have 
kept thy word. — 24. Father, I will 
that they also whom thou hast given 
me be with me where I am ; that 
they may behold my glory which 
thou hast given me ; for thou lov- 
edst me before the foundation of 
the world. 

2 Cor. 10: 4. For they drank of 
that spiritual Rock, that followed 
them: and that Rock was Christ. 

Rev. 1:17. Fear not: I am the 
first and the last ; I am he that liv- 
eth and was dead, and behold I am 
alive forevermore. Amen. 

22: 16. I Jesus have sent mine 
Angel to testify unto you these 
things in the churches. I am the 
root and the offspring of David, 
and the bright and morning-star. 

Heb. 13: 8. Jesus Christ, the 
same yesterday, to-dav, and forever. 
5' 



II. Originating and controlling 
power. 

Ps. 45: 3. Gird thy sword upon 
thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy 
glory and thy majesty. 

Mat. 26: 64. Hereafter shall ye 
see the Son of man sitting on the 
right hand of power, and coming in 
the clouds of heaven. Then the 
high priest rent his clothes, saying, 
He hath spoken blasphemy: what 
further need have we of witnesses? 
behold, now ye have heard his blas- 
phemy. What think ye ? They 
answered and said, He is guilty of 
death. 

28: 19. And Jesus came, and 
spake unto them, saying, All pow- 
er is given unto me in heaven 
and in earth. Go ye therefore and 
teach all nations, baptizing them in 
the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost; teach- 
ing them to observe al! things what- 
soever I have commanded you: and 
Jo, I am with you always, even unto 
the end of the world. Amen. 

John 1 : 3. All things were made 
by him ; and without him was not 
any thing made that was made. — 9. 
That was the true Light, which 
lighteth every man that cometh into 
the world. He was in the world, 
and the world was made by him, 
and the world knew him not. He 
came unto his own, and his own re- 
ceived him not. 

5:16. And therefore did the Jews 
persecute Jesus, and sought to slay 
him, because he had done these 
things on the sabbath-day. But 
Jesus answered them, My Father 
worketh hitherto, and I work. 
Therefore the Jews sought the 
more to kill him, because he not 
only had broken the sabbath, but 
said also, That God was his Father, 
making himself equal with God. 
Then answered Jesus, and said 
unto them, Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, The Son can do nothing 
of himself, but what he seeth the 
Father do: for what things soever 
he doeth, these also doeth the Son 
likewise. For the Father loveth 
the Son, and showeth him all things 
that himself doeth : and he will 
show him greater works than these, 
that ye may marvel. For as the 
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quickeneth them; even so the Son 
quickeneth whom he will. For the 
Father judgeth no man ; but hath 
committed all judgment unto the 
Son: that all men should honor the 
Son, even as they honor the Father. 
He that honoreth not the Son, hon- 
oreth not the Father which hath 
sent him. Verily, verily I say unto 
you, He that heareth my word, and 
believeth on him that sent me, hath 
everlasting life, and shall not come 
into condemnation; but is passed 
from death unto life. Verily, verily 
I say unto you, The hour is coming, 
and now is, when the dead shall 
hear the voice of the Son of God : 
and they that hear shall live. 

IF 10: 17. Therefore doth my Fa- 
ther love me, because I lay down 
my life, that 1 might take it again. 
INo man taketh it from me, but I 
lay it down of myself. I have 
power to lay it down, and I have 
power to take it again. 

11: 25. I am the resurrection and 
the life. He that believeth in me, 
though he were dead, yet shall he 
live. 

1 Cor. 8: 6. There is one God, 
the Father, of whom are all things; 
and one Lord Jesus Christ, by 
whom are all things. 

Col. 1: 14. In whom we have 
redemption, through his blood, even 
the forgiveness of sins: who is the 
image of the invisible God, the first- 
born of every creature : for by him 
were all things created that are in 
heaven, and that are in earth, visi- 
ble and invisible, whether they be 
thrones, or dominions, or principal- 
ities, or powers : all things were 
created by him and for him: and he 
is before all things, and by him all 
things consist; and he is the head 
of the body, the church: who is the 
beginning, the first-born from the 
dead.; that in all things he might 
have the pre-eminence: for it pleas- 
ed the Father that in him should all 
fullness dwell ; and having made 
peace through the blood of his 
•cross, by him to reconcile all things 
unto himself; by him, I say, wheth- 
er they be things in earth, or things 
dn heaven. 

Acts 9: 34. And Peter said unto 
him, Eneas, Jesus Christ maketh 
thee whole. And he arose immedi- 
ately. 



Heb. 2: 4. For every house is 
I builded by some man ; but he that 
j built all things is God. And Moses 
; verily was faithful in all his house, 
as a servant, for a testimony of 
• those things which were to be spo- 
ken after: but Christ, as a Son, over 
his own house : whose house are 
| we, if we hold fast the confidence, 
i and the rejoicing of the hope firm 
unto the end. 

Phil. 3: 21. The Lord Jesus 
Christ shall change our vile body, 
that it may be fashioned like unto 
his glorious bod}*, according to the 
: working, whereby he is able to sub- 
due all things unto himself. 

Jude 24. Now unto him that is 
j able to keep you from falling, and 
! to present you faultless before the 
! presence of his glory with exceed- 
ing j°y 5 to the only wise God our 
Savior, be glory and majesty, do- 
minion aud power, both now and 
ever ! Amen. 

III. Omnipresence. 

Mat. 18: 20. For where two or 
three are gathered together in my 
name, there I am in the midst of 
them. 

28: 19. Go ye, therefore, and 
teach all nations, baptizing them in 
the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. And 
lo, I am with you always, even unto 
the end of the world. Amen. 

John 14: IS. I will not leave you 
comfortless: I will come to you. 
Yet a little while and the world 
seeth me no more ; but ye see me: 
because I live, ye shall live also. — 
21. He that hath my command- 
ments and keepeth them, he it is 
that loveth me, and he that loveth 
me shall be loved of my Father, 
and I will love him, and will mani- 
fest myself to him. — 6. I am the 
way, and the truth, and the life: no 
man cometh unto the Father but by 
me. If ye had known me ye should 
have known my Father also : and 
from henceforth ye know him and 
have seen him. — 23. If any man 
love me, he will keep my com- 
mandments, and my Father will 
love him, and we will come unto 
him and make our abode with him. 



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Christ's knowledge. 



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IV. Knowledge, intuitive and un-, 
limited. 

Mat. 7: 46. And when he had 
sent them away, he departed into a 
mountain to pray. And when even 
was come, the ship was in the midst 
of the sea, and he alone on the land. 
And he saw them toiling in rowing; 
for the wind was contrary unto 
them : and about the fourth watch 
of the night he conieth unto them, 
walking upon the sea, and would 
have passed by them. 

Luke 5: 22. But when Jesus per- 
ceived their thoughts, he answering, 
said unto them, What reason ye 
in yourJiearts ? 

Mj4^14: 13. Go ye into the city, 
and there shall meet you a man 
bearing a pitcher of water : follow 
him. — 15. And he will show you a 
large upper room furnished and 
prepared: there make ready for us. 
And his disciples went forth, and 
came into the city, and found as he 
had said unto them. 

Luke 6: 6. And there was a man 
whose right hand was withered : 
and the scribes and Pharisees 
watched him, whether he would 
heal on the sabbath-day ; that they 
might find an accusation against 
him. But he knew their thoughts. 

10: 22. No man knoweth who the 
Son is, but the Father: and who the 
Father is, but the Son, and he to 
whom the Son will reveal him. 

John 7: 15. How knoweth this 
man letters, having never learn- 
ed ? 

1 : 4S. Nathanael saith unto him, 
Whence knowest thou me ? Jesus 
answered and said unto him, Before 
that Philip called thee, when thou 
wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee. 
Nathanael answered and saith unto 
him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of 
God ; thou art the King of Israel. 

2: 24. He knew all men, and 
needed not that any should testify 
of man ; for he knew what was in 
man. 

8: 14. Though I bear record of 
myself, yet my record is true : for I 
know whence I came, and whither 
I go: but ye cannot tell whence I 
come, and whither I go. 

18: 37. To this end was I born, 
and for this cause came I into the 
world, that I should bear witness 



unto the truth. Every one that is 
of the truth heareth my voice. 

1: 5. The light shineth in dark- 
ness. — 9. That was the true light, 
which lighteth every man that Com- 
eth into the world. 

ff 8 :12. I am the light of the world. 

12: 46. I am come a light into the 
world. — 35. Yet a little while is 
the light with you. 

14: 6. I am the way, and the 
truth, and the life. 

10: 15. As the Father knoweth 
me, even so know I the Father: and 
I lay down my life for the sheep. 

11:11. These things said he: and 
after that he saith unto them, Our 
friend Lazarus sleepeth ; but I go, 
that I may awake him out of sleep. 
Then said his disciples, Lord, if he 
sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit 
Jesus spake of his death : but they 
thought that he had spoken of tak- 
ing of rest in sleep. Then said 
Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is 
dead; and I am glad for your sakes 
that I was not there, to the intent 
ye may believe; nevertheless, let us 
go unto him. 

12: 10. Jesus saith to him, He 
that is washed needeth not save to 
wash his feet, but is clean every 
whit : and ye are clean, but not all. 
For he knew who should betray 
him: therefore said he, Ye are not 
all clean. 

Acts 1 : 24. Thou, Lord, which 
knowest the hearts of all men, 
show whether of these twain thou 
hast chosen. 

John 3: 32. What he hath seen 
and heard, that he testifieth. He 
that receiveth his testimony has set 
to his seal that God is true. 

17: 25. O righteous Father, the 
world hath not known thee : but I 
have known thee, and these have 
known that thou hast sent me. And 
I have declared unto them thy 
name, and will declare it: that the 
love, wherewith thou hast loved me, 
may be in them, and I in them. 

Heb. 4: 12. For the word of God 
is quick and powerful, is a discern- 
er of the thoughts and intents of 
the heart ; neither is there any 
creature, that is not manifest in his 
sight ; but all things are naked and 
opened unto the eyes of him, with 
whom we have to do. Seeing, then, 
that we have a great high priest, 



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that is passed into ths heavens, 
Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold 
fast our profession. 

V. Unerring Wisdom. 

Is a. 11 : 1. And there shall come 
forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, 
and a branch shall grow out of his 
roots : and the spirit of the Lord 
shall rest upon him, the spirit of 
wisdom and understanding, the spirit 
of counsel and might, the spirit of 
knowledge and of the fear of the 
Lord ; and shall make him of quick 
understanding in the fear of the 
Lord. 

1 Cor. 1: 23. We preach Christ 
crucified; to them that believe the 
power of God and the wisdom of 
God. 

Col. 2: 3. In whom are hid all 
the treasures of wisdom and know- 
ledge. 

Pr. 8: 22. The Lord possessed 
me in the beginning of his ways ; 
before his works of old. I was set 
up from the beginning ; or ever the 
earth was ; while as yet he had 
not made the earth nor the fields. 
When he prepared the heavens I 
was there ; I was by him as one 
brought up with him, and I was 
daily his delight, rejoicing always 
before him. Whoso findeth me 
findeth life, and shall obtain favor 
of the Lord. 

Eph. 3 : 8. Unto me, who am less 
than the least of all saints is this 
grace given, that I should preach 
among the Gentiles the unsearcha- 
ble riches of Christ, and to make all 
men see what is the fellowship of 
the mystery, which from the begin- 
ning of the world hath been hid in 
God, who created all things by Je- 
sus Christ, to the intent that now 
unto the principalities and powers 
in heavenly places, might be known 
by the church the manifold wisdom 
of God, according to the eternal 
purpose which he purposed in 
Christ Jesus our Lord. 

1 : 7. According to the riches of 
his grace,wherein he hath abounded 
towards us in all wisdom and pru- 
dence. 

Luke 2: 47. They were aston- 
ished at his understanding and an- 
swers. — 40. And the child grew 
and waxed strong in spirit^ filled 
with wisdom. 



VI. Righteousness. 

Ps. 45: 6. The sceptre of thy 
kingdom is a right sceptre. Thou 
lovest righteousness, and hatest 
wickedness : therefore God, thy 
God, hath anointed thee with the 
oil of gladness above thy fellows. 

Isa. 11:3. And he shall not judge 
after the sight of his eyes, neither 
reprove after the hearing of his 
ears: but with righteousness shall 
he judge the poor, and reprove with 
equity for the meek of the earth: 
and he shall smite the earth with 
the rod of his mouth, and with the 
breath of his lips shall he slay the 
wicked. And righteousness shall be 
the girdle of his loins, and 4lftthful- 
ness the girdle of his reins. 

Ps. 72: 2. He shall judge thy 
people with righteousness, and thy 
poor with judgment. 

14: 6. The sceptre of thy king- 
dom is a right sceptre ; thou lovest 
righteousness and hatest iniquity. 

Isa. 53 : 9. He had done no vio- 
lence, neither was deceit found in 
his mouth. — 11. By his knowledge 
shall my righteous servant justify 
many. 

Jer. 23: 6. He shall be called, 
The Lord our Righteousness. 

1 John 1:2. We have an advo- 
cate with the Father, Jesus Christ 
the righteous. 

VII. Holiness or Perfection. 

Luke 1 : 35. That holy thing that 
shall be born of thee shall be called 
the Son of God. 

Acts 3: 14. Ye denied the Holy 
One and the Just. 

4: 27. Against thy holy child 
Jesus, whom thou hast anointed. 

Heb. 7 : 26. W~ho is holy, harm- 
less, undefiled, and separate from 
sinners. 

4: 15. He was tempted in all 
points like as we are, yet without 
sin. 

John 8: 46. Which of you con- 
vinced me of sin ? 

1 Pet. 1: 18. Forasmuch as ye 
know that ye were not redeemed 
with corruptible things, as silver and 
gold, from your vain conversation 
received by tradition from your fa- 
thers, but with the precious blood of 
Christ, as of a lamb without blemish 



CH. IV. 



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and without spot : who verily was 
foreordained before the foundation 
of the world, but was manifest in 
these last times for you, who by him 
do believe in God, that raised him 
up from the dead, and gave him 
glory ; that your faith and hope 
might be in God. 

2: 22. Who did no sin, neither 
was guile found in his mouth. 

Rev. 3: 7. These things saith he 
that is Holy. 

VIII. Grace and Mercy. 

Acts 15: 11. Through the grace 
of our Lord Jesus Christ we shall 
be saved. 

Rom. 16: 20. The grace of our 
Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. 
2 Cor. 12: 9. My grace is suf- 
ficient for thee. 

Rom. 3: 24. Being justified freely 
by his grace, through the redemp- 
tion that is in Christ Jesus. 

John 1: 16. And of his fulness 
have all we received, and grace for 
grace. For the law was given by 
Moses, but grace and truth came by 
Jesus Christ. 

Jude 19. These be they who 
separate themselves, sensual, having 
not the Spirit. But ye, beloved, 
building up yourselves on your most 
holy faith, praying in the Holy 
Ghost, keep yourselves in the love 
of God, looking for the mercy of our 
Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 
2 John 3. Grace be with you ; 
mercy and peace from God the 
Father, and from the Lord Jesus 
Christ, the Son of the Father, in 
truth and love. 

Eph. 1:7. In whom Ave have 
redemption through his blood, the 
forgiveness of sins, according to the 
riches of his grace, wherein he 
hath abounded towards us. 

Mat. 11: 29. Take my yoke 
upon you, and learn of me ; for I 
am meek and lowly in heart: and ye 
shall find rest unto your souls. For 
my yoke is easy, and my burthen 
is light. 

IX. A Sovereign over minds, and 
hearts, and religious institutions. 

Ps. 2: 6. Yet have I set my King 
upon my holy hill of Zion. I will 
declare the decree : the Lord hath 
said unto me, Thou art my Son ; 



this day have I begotten thee. Ask 
of me, and I shall give thee the 
heathen for thine inheritance, and 
the uttermost parts of the earth for 
thy possession. 

45: 4. And in thy majesty ride 
prosperously, because of truth, and 
meekness, and righteousness ; and 
thy right hand shall teach thee terri- 
ble things. Thine arrows are sharp 
in the heart of the king's enemies ; 
whereby the people fall under thee. 
Isa. 9: 6. For unto us a Child is 
born, unto us a Son is given : and the 
government shall be upon his shoul- 
der: of the increase of his govern- 
ment and peace there shall be no 
end, upon the throne of David, and 
upon his kingdom, to order it, and 
to establish it w T ith judgment and 
with justice from henceforth even 
forever. The zeal of the Lord of 
hosts w r ill perform this. 

Mat. 9: 2. And behold, they 
brought to him a man sick of the 
palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus, 
seeing their faith, said unto the sick 
of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer ; 
thy sins be forgiven thee. And be- 
hold, certain of the scribes said 
within themselves, This man blas- 
phemeth. And Jesus, knowing their 
thoughts, said ; Wherefore think ye 
evil in your hearts? For whether 
is easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven 
thee ; or to say, Arise, and walk ? 
But that ye may know that the Son 
of man hath power on earth to for- 
give sins, (then saith he to the sick 
of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, 
and go unto thine house. And he 
arose, and departed to his house. 
But when the multitude saw it, they 
marvelled and glorified God, which 
had given such power unto men. 

21 : 10. And when he was come 
into Jerusalem, all the city was 
moved, saying, Who is this ? And 
the multitude said, This is Jesus, the 
prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. 
And Jesus went into the temple of 
God, and cast out all them that sold 
and bought in the temple, and over- 
threw the tables of the money- 
changers, and the seats of them that 
sold doves, and said unto them, It is 
written, " My house shall be called 
the house of prayer, but ye have 
made it adenofthieves."(IsA.56: 7.) 

1T Mat. 7: 28. Mar* 11 : 15. Luke 
19: 45. The people were astonished 



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[CH. IV. 



at his doctrine, for he taught them 
as one having authority. 

Mark 2: 28. The Son of man is 
Lord also of the sabbath. 

John 5: 22. The Father judgeth 
no man, but hath committed all 
judgment unto the Son, that all men 
may honor the Son, even as they 
honor the Father. 

17: 1. These words spake Jesus, 
and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and 
said, Father, the hour is come ; glo- 
rify thy Son, that thy Son also may 
glorify thee : as thou hast given him 
power over all flesh, that he should 
give eternal life to as many as thou 
hast given him. And this is life eter- 
nal, that they might know thee, the 
only true God, and Jesus Christ 
whom thou hast sent. I have glorified 
thee on the earth: I have finished 
the work which thou gavest me to 
do. 

13: 13. Ye call me master and 
Lord, and ye say well, for so I am. 

14: 13. Whatsoever ye shall ask 
in my name, that will I do. 

Mat. 11: 28. Come unto me all 
ye that labor and are heavy laden, 
and I will give you rest. 

Luke 22: 29. I appoint unto you 
a kingdom. 

2 Thess. 1 : 7. The Lord Jesus 
shall be revealed from heaven with 
his mighty angels, in flaming fire, 
taking vengeance on them that know 
not God, and that obey not the Gos- 
pel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 Tim. 6:15. He is King of kings 
and Lord of lords. 

Mat. 25: 31. The Son of man 
shall come in his glory, and all his 
holy angels with him: then shall he 
sit upon the throne of his glory: 
and before him shall be gathered all 
nations, and he shall separate them. 

Rev. 6: 10. How long, O Lord, 
holy and true, dost thou not judge 
and avenge our blood on them that 
dwell on the earth ? — 14. And the 
heaven departed as a scroll when 
it is rolled together; and every moun- 
tain and island were moved out of 
their places. And the kings of the 
earth, and the great-men, and the 
rich men, and the chief captains, and 
the mighty men, and every bond- 
man, and every free-man, hid them- 
selves in the dens and in the rocks 
of the mountains, and said to the 
mountains and rocks, fall on us, and 
hide us from the face of him that sit- 



teth on the throne, and from the 
wrath of the Lamb: for the great 
day of his wrath is come ; and who 
shall be able to stand? 



§ 3. CHRIST WORSHIPPED. 

Ps. 97: 7. Confounded be all they 
that serve graven images, that boast 
themselves of idols: worship him, 
all ye gods. 

118: 26. Blessed be he that com- 
eth in the name of the Lord: we 
have blessed you out of the house 
of the Lord. God is the Lord, 
which hath showed us light: bind 
the sacrifice with cords, even unto 
the horns of the altar. Thou art my 
God, and I will praise thee: thou art 
my God, I will exalt thee. give 
thanks unto the Lord ; for he is 
good ; for his mercy endureth for- 
ever. 

John 20: 2. Thomas answered 
and said unto him, My Lord and 
my God. 

Mat. 2:1. Now when Jesus was 
born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the 
days of Herod the king, behold, 
there came wise men from the east 
to Jerusalem, saying, where is he 
that is born King of the Jews? for 
we have seen his star in the east, 
and are come to worship him. — 
11. And when they were come 
into the house, they saw the young 
child with Mary his mother, and fell 
down and worshipped him: and 
when they had opened their treas- 
ures, they presented unto him gifts ; 
gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. 

21 : 8. And a very great multitude 
spread their garments in the way ; 
others cut down branches from the 
trees, and strewed them in the way. 
And the multitudes that went before, 
and that followed, cried, saying, Ho- 
sanna to the Son of David! blessed 
is he that cometh in the name of the 
Lord! Hosanna in the highest! — 
14. And the blind and the lame 
came to him in the temple ; and 
he healed them. And when the 
chief priests and scribes saw the 
wonderful things that he did, and 
the children crying in the temple, 
and saying, Hosanna to the Son of 
David! they were sore displeased, 
and said unto him, hearest thou 
what these say ? and Jesus saith un- 



CH. IV.] 



CHRIST WORSHIPPED. 



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to them, yea: have ye never read, 
out of the mouth of babes and suck- 
lings thou hast perfected praise? 

28: 19. Go teach all nations, bap- 
tizing them in the name of the Fa- 
ther, and of the Son, and of the Ho- 
ly Ghost. — 9. And as they went to 
tell his disciples, behold Jesus met 
them, saying, all hail ! and they 
came, and held him by the feet, and 
worshipped him. 

Luke 23 : 42. Lord, remember me 
when thou comest into thy king- 
dom. 

19: 36. And as he went, they 
spread their clothes in the way. 
And when he was come nigh, even 
now at the descent of the mount of 
Olives, the whole multitude of the 
disciples began to rejoice and praise 
God with a loud voice, for all the 
mighty works that they had seen ; 
saying, Blessed be the King that 
cometh in the name of the Lord ! 
peace in heaven, and glory in the 
highest* And some of the Pharisees 
from among the multitude said unto 
him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. 
And he answered and said unto 
them, I tell you, that if these should 
hold their peace, the stones would 
immediately cry out. 

24-: 52. And they worshipped him, 
and returned to Jerusalem with great 
joy. 

1T John 12: 12. On the next day, 
much people that were come to the 
feast, when they heard that Jesus 
was coming to Jerusalem, took 
branches of palm-trees, and went 
forth to meet him, and cried, Ho- 
sanna ! Blessed is the King of Israel 
that cometh in the name of the 
Lord ! And Jesus, when he had 
found a young ass, sat thereon ; as 
it is written, Fear not, daughter of 
Sion: behold, thy king cometh, sit- 
ting on an ass's colt. 

Philip. 2: 10. That at the name 
of Jesus, every knee should bow, 
of things in heaven, and things in 
earth, and things under the earth. 
And that every tongue should con- 
fess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to 
the glory of God the Father. 

Acts 7 : 59. They stoned Stephen, 
calling upon God, and saying, Lord 
Jesus, receive my spirit. 

Rom. 10:9. If thou shalt confess 
with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and 
shalt believe in thine heart that God 



hath raised him from the dead, thou 
shalt be saved. — 12. For the same 
Lord over all is rich unto all that 
call upon him. For ' ' whosoever shall 
call on the name of the Lord shall 
be delivered." (Joel 2: 32.) 

2 Thes. 2: 16. Our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and God, even our Father, 
comfort your hearts and establish 
you. 

1 Tim. 1 : 12. I thank Jesus Christ 
our Lord. 

2 Pet. 3: 18. But grow in grace, 
and in the knowledge of our Lord 
and Savior Jesus Christ ; to him be 
glory, both now and forever. Amen. 

Jude 24. Now unto him that is 
able to keep you from falling, and 
to present you faultless before the 
presence of his glory with exceed- 
ing joy, to the only wise God our 
Savior, be glory and majesty, do- 
minion and power, both now and 
ever! Amen. 

Rev. 1 : 4. John to the seven 
churches which are in Asia : Grace 
be unto you, and peace from him 
which is, and which was, and which 
is to come ; and from the seven Spir- 
its which are before his throne ; and 
from Jesus Christ, who is the faith- 
ful Witness, and the First-begotten 
of the dead, and the Prince of the 
kings of the earth. Unto him that 
loved us, and washed us from our 
sins in his own blood, and hath 
made us kings and priests unto God 
and his Father ; to him be glory and 
dominion forever and ever. Amen. 

IF 4: 8. And they rest not day and 
night, saying, holy, holy, holy/Lord 
God Almighty, which was, and is, 
and is to come. And when those 
beasts give glory, and honor, and 
thanks to him that sat on the throne, 
who liveth forever and ever, the four 
and twenty elders fall down before 
him that sat on the throne, and wor- 
ship him that liveth forever and ev- 
er, and cast their crowns before the 
throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O 
Lord, to receive glory, and honor, 
and power ; for thou hast created 
all things, and for thy pleasure they 
are and were created. 

5: 8. And when he had taken the 
book, the four beasts, and four and 
twenty elders fell down before the 
Lamb, having every one of them 
harps, and golden vials full of odors, 
which are the prayers of saints. 



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[CH. 



V. 



And they sung a new song, saying, 
Thou art worthy to take the book, 
and to open the seals thereof: for 
thou wast slain, and hast redeemed 
us to God by tlw blood, out of every 
kindred, and tongue, and people, 
and nation, and hast made us unto 
our God kings and priests: and we 
shall reign on the earth. And I be- 
held, and I heard the voice of many 
angels round about the throne, and 
the beasts, and the elders: and the 
number of them was ten thousand 
times ten thousand, and thousands 
of thousands ; saying with a loud 
voice, worth}* is the Lamb that was 
slain, to receive power, and riches, 
and wisdom, and strength, and hon- 
or, and glory, and blessing. And 
every creature which is in heaven, 
and on the earth, and under the 
earth, and such as are in the sea, 
and all that are in them, heard I 
saying, Blessing, and honor, and 
glory, and power, be unto him that 
sitteth upon the throne, and unto 
the Lamb, forever and ever! And 
the four beasts said, amen ! And the 
four and twenty elders fell down 
and worshipped him that liveth for- 
ever and ever. 

7: 9. After this, I beheld, and lo, 
a great multitude, which no man 
could number, of all nations, and 
kindreds, and people, and tongues, 
stood before the throne, and before 
the Lamb, clothed with white robes, 
and palms in their hands ; and cried 
with a loud voice, saying, Salvation 
to our God which sitteth upon the 
throne, and unto the Lamb. And 
all the angels stood round about the 
throne, and about the elders, and 
the four beasts, and fell before the 
throne on their faces, and worship- 
ped God, saying, amen ! blessing, 
and glory, and wisdom, and thanks- 
giving, and honor, and power, and 
might, be unto our God forever and 
ever! Amen. 

11: 15. And the seventh angel 
sounded • and there were great voi- 
ces in heaven, saying, The kingdoms 
of this world are become the king- 
doms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; 
and he shall reign forever and ever. 



CHAPTER V. 

GOD DENOMINATED " THE SPIRIT," 
" THE HOLY SPIRIT," " THE HO- 
LY GHOST," &C. 

Gen. 1: 2. The Spirit of God 
moved upon the face of the waters. 

Job 33: 4. The Spirit of God 
hath made me. 

Neh. 9: 30. Thou testifiedst 
against them by thy Spirit in the 
prophets. 

Isa. 43: 16. The Lord God, and 
his Spirit hath sent me. 

Ezek. 3: 14. The Spirit of the 
Lord took me up, and the hand of 
the Lord was strong upon me. 

11: 5. The Spirit of the Lord 
fell upon me, and said unto me: 
speak. 

Zech. 4: 6. By my Spirit, saith 
the Lord, shall ye prevail. 

Mat. 3:11. He shall baptize you 
with the Holy Ghost. 

John 1: 13. Which were born, 
not of blood, nor of the will of the 
flesh, nor of the will of man, but of 
God. 

Luke 12: 9. But he that denieth 
me before men, shall be denied be- 
fore the angels of God. And whoso- 
ever shall speak a word against the 
Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: 
but unto him that blasphemeth 
against the Holy Ghost, it shall not 
be forgiven. And when they bring 
you unto the synagogues, and unto 
magistrates, and powers, take ye no 
thought how or what thing ye shall 
answer, or what ye shall say: for 
the Holy Ghost shall teach you in 
the same hour what ye ought to say. 

John 1 : 32. I saw the Spirit de- 
scending from heaven like a dove, 
and it abode upon him. 

3: 5. Except a man be born of 
water, and of the Spirit, he cannot 
enter into the kingdom of heaven. 
That which is born of the flesh, is 
flesh, and that which is born of the 
Spirit, is Spirit. — S. The wind 
bioweth where it listeth, and thou 
nearest the sound thereof, but canst 
not tell whence it cometh, and 
whither it goeth ; so is every one 
that is born of the Spirit. — 34. 
God giveth not his Spirit by meas- 
ure unto him. 



CH. V.] 



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7: 39. But this spake he of the 
Spirit, which thc} r who believer! in 
him should receive: for the Holy 
Ghost was not yet given'. 

6: 63. It is the Spirit that quick- 
eneth ; the flesh profiteth nothing: 
the words that I speak unto you, 
they are spirit, and they arc life. 

14: 16. I will pray the Father, 
and he shall give you another Com- 
forter, that he may abide with you 
forever. — 26. But the Comforter, 
which is the Holy Ghost, whom the 
Father will send in my name, he 
shall teach you all things, and bring 
all things to your remembrance. 

15 : 26. But when the Com- 
forter is come, whom I will send 
unto you from the Father, even the 
spirit of truth, which proceeded! 
from the Father, he shall testify of 
me. 

Acts 1: 4. And being assembled 
together with them, commanded 
them that they should not depart 
from Jerusalem, but wait for the 
promise of the Father, which, saiih 
he, ye have heard of me: for John 
truly baptized with water; but ye 
shall be baptized with the Holy 
Ghost not many days hence. — 8. 
But ye shall receive power, after 
that the Holy Ghost is come upon 
you. 

16 : 6. They were forbidden 
of the Holy Ghost to preach the 
word in Asia, ... they assayed to go 
into Bithynia ; but the Spirit suf- 
fered them nor. 

2: 3. And there appeared unto 
them cloven tongues, like as of fire, 
and it sat upon each of them, and 
they were all filled with the Holy 
Ghost, and began to speak with 
other tongues, as the Spirit gave 
them utterance. 

IT 5: 3. Why hath Satan filled 
thy heart to lie to the Holy Ghost? 
Thou hast not lied unto man, but 
unto God. 

6: 5. They chose Stephen, a man 
full of the Holy Ghost. 

7: 51. Ye do always resist the 
Holy Ghost. 

19:1. And it came to pass, that 
while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul 
having passed through the upper 
coasts, came to Ephesus ; and find- 
ing certain disciples, he said unto 
them, have ye received the Holy 
Ghost since ye believed? Aud they 
6 



said unto him, we have not so much 
as heard whether there be any Holy 
Ghost. 

8:15. Who prayed for them that 
they might receive the Holy Ghost. 

9: 31. Walking in the fear of the 
Lord, and in the comfort of the Ho- 
ly Ghost, were multiplied. 

10: 44. The Holy Ghost fell on 
all them that heard. 

13: 4. Being sent forth by the 
Holy Ghost. 

23: 25. And when they agreed 
not among themselves, they de- 
parted, after that Paul had spo- 
ken one word, Well spake the Holy 
Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto 
our fathers, saying, Go unto this 
people, and say, hearing ye shall 
hear, and shall not understand ; and 
seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: 
for the heart of this people is waxed 
gross, and their ears are dull of hear- 
ing, and their eyes have they closed ; 
lest they should see with their eyes, 
and hear with their ears, and under- 
stand with their heart, and should 
be converted, and I should heal them. 

Rom. 8: 26. Likewise the Spirit 
also helpeth our infirmities : for we 
know not what we should pray for 
as we ought: but the Spirit itself 
maketh intercession for us with 
groanings which cannot be uttered. 
And he that searcheth the hearts 
knoweth what is the mind of the 
Spirit, because he maketh interces- 
sion for the saints, according to the 
will of God. 

15: 16. Being sanctified by the 
Holy Ghost. 

1 Cor. 2: 4. And my speech and 
my preaching was not with enticing 
words of man's wisdom, but in de- 
monstration of the Spirit and in 
power. 

2: 10. But God hath revealed 
them unto us by his Spirit: for the 
Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the 
deep things of God. For what man 
knoweth the things of a man, save 
the Spirit of man which is in him? 
even so the things of God knoweth 
no man, but the Spirit of God. Now 
we have received, not the spirit of 
the world, but the Spirit which is of 
God ; that we might know the things 
that are freely given to us of God. 
Which things also we speak, not in 
the words which man's wisdom 
teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost 
teacheth, comparing spiritual things 



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[TOP. II 



with spiritual. But the natural man 
receiveth not the things of the Spirit 
of God. 

2 Cor. 5 : 5. He that hath wrought 
us for the self-same thing is God, 
who hath also given us the earnest 
of the Spirit. 

Eph. 1: 13. In whom also after 
ye believed, ye were sealed with 
that Holy Spirit of promise, which 
is the earnest of our inheritance. 

4: 30. And grieve not the Holy 
Spirit of God, whereby ye are seal- 
ed unto the day of redemption. 

1 Thess. 5: 19. Quench not the 
Spirit. 



Titus 3: 5. According to his mer- 
cy he saved us, . . . by the renewing of 
the Holy Ghost. 

Heb. 10: 15. The Holy Ghost 
also is a witness to us. 

Rev. 2:7. He that hath an ear 
let him hear what the Spirit saith 
unto the churches. 

1:10. I was in the Spirit on the 
Lord's day. 

22: 17. The Spirit and the Bride 
say come. 

1 John 5: 7. There are three 
that bear record in heaven, the 
Father, the Word, and the Holy 
Ghost, and these three are one. 



SECOND GENERAL TOPIC 



THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. 



CHAP. I. 

A REVELATION FROM GOD. 

§ 1. ASSERTED by the writers. 

Deut. 4 : 9. Teach thy sons. 
Specially the day that thou stoodest 
before the Lord in Horeb ; when 
the Lord said unto me, gather the 
people together, and I will make 
them hear my words, that they may 
learn to fear me, all the days that 
they shall live upon the earth. — 33. 
Did ever people hear the voice of 
God, speaking out of the midst of 
the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? 

Is a. 6: 8. And I heard the voice 
of the Lord, saying, whom shall I 
send, and who will go for us? then 
said I, here am I, send me. And he 
said, Go and tell this people. 

8: 1. Moreover the Lord said 
unto me. 

8: 5. The Lord spake also unto 
me, saying. 



56: 1. Thus saith the Lord, 
66: 1. &c. &c. 

Jer. 23: 23. The prophet that 
hath a dream, let him tell a dream ; 
and he that hath my word, let him 
speak my word faithfully. What is 
the chaff to the wheat? saith the 
Lord. Is not my word like as a fire? 
saith the Lord ; and like a hammer 
that breaketh the rock in pieces? 

John 12: 49. For I have not spo- 
ken of myself ; but the Father which 
sent me, he gave me command- 
ment what I should say, and what I 
should speak. Whatsoever I speak, 
therefore, even as the Father said 
unto me, so I speak. 

Rom. 3:1. What advantage then 
hath the Jew? much every way ; 
chiefly that unto them were commit- 
ted the oracles of God. 

15: 4. Whatsoever things were 
written before, were written for our 
learning. 

1 Cor. 2: 4. My preaching was 
not with enticing words of man's 



CH. 



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wisdom, but in demonstration of the 
Spirit and in power. 

2 Tim. 3:16. All scripture is giv- 
en by inspiration of God. 

2 Pet. 1: 21. Prophecy came not 
in old time by the will of man, but 
holy men of God spake as they were 
moved by the Holy Ghost. 

Hee. 1:1. God, who at sundry 
times and in divers manners spake 
unto the fathers by the prophets, 
hath in these last days spoken unto 
us by his Son. 

2: 3. How shall we escape, if we 
neglect so great salvation, which at 
the first began to be spoken by the 
Lord, and was confirmed unto us 
by them that heard him ; God also 
bearing them witness by signs and 
wonders, and gifts of the Holy 
Ghost. 

1 Pet. 1 : 25. The word of the 
Lord endureth forever ; and this is 
the word which by the gospel is 
preached unto you. 

Gal. 1: 11. I certify you, breth- 
ren, that the gospel which is preach- 
ed of me is not after man. For I 
neither received it of man, neither 
was I taught it but by the revelation 
of Jesus Christ. 



§2. 



SHOWN FROM PROPHECY. 



Deut. 18: 22. When a prophet 
speaketh in the name of the Lord, 
if the thing follow not, nor come to 
pass, that is the thing which the 
Lord hath not spoken. 

I. Predictions relative to the Jews. 

Deut. 4: 27. The Lord shall 
scatter you among all nations, and 
ye shall be left few in number among 
the heathen, whither the Lord shall 
lead you. But if from thence, thou 
seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt 
find him, if thou seek him with all 
thy heart, and with all thy soul. 

Lev. 26: 14. If ye will not hear- 
ken unto me, and will not do all 
these commandments. — 16. I will 
appoint over you terror, consump- 
tion, and the burning ague, and ye 
shall be slain before your enemies, 
your land shall not yield her in- 
crease. — 26. When I have broken 
the staff of your bread ; ten women 
shall bake your bread in one oven. 



Ye shall eat the flesh of your sons? 
and the flesh of your daughters shall 
ye eat. — 31. And I will make your 
cities waste, and bring your sanctua- 
ries even unto desolation. — 33. And 
I will scatter you among the heath- 
en, and will draw out a sword after 
you, and your land shall be desolate. 
Jer. 25: S. Therefore thus saith 
the Lord of hosts ; because ye have 
not heard my words, behold, I will 
send and take all the families of the 
north, saith the Lord, and Nebu- 
chadnezzar the king of Babylon, my 
servant, and will bring them against 
this land, and against the inhabitants 
thereof, and against all these na- 
tions round about, and will utterly 
destroy them, and make them an 
astonishment, and an hissing, and 
perpetual desolations. Moreover, I 
will take from them the voice of 
mirth, and the voice of gladness, the 
voice of the bridegroom, and the 
voice of the bride, the sound of the 
millstones, and the light of the can- 
dle. And this whole land shall be a 
desolation, and an astonishment ; 
and these nations shall serve the 
king of Babylon seventy years. And 
it shall come to pass, when seventy 
years are accomplished, that I will 
punish the king of Babylon, and that 
nation, saith the Lord, for their ini- 
quity, and the land of the Chaldeans, 
and will make it perpetual desola- 
tions. 

46 : 28. Fear thou not, O Ja- 
cob my servant, saith the Lord ; for 
I am with thee ; for I will make a 
full end of all the nations whither I 
have driven thee : but I will not make 
a full end of thee, but correct thee 
in measure ; yet will I not leave thee 
wholly unpunished. 

Deut. 28 : 64. The Lord shall 
scatter you among all people, from 
the one end of the earth, even unto 
the other. And among these nations 
shalt thou find no ease, neither shall 
the sole of thy foot have rest ; thy life 
shall hang in doubt before thee, and 
thou shalt fear day and night. 

Mat. 24: 2. Verily I say unto 
you, there shall not be left here one 
stone upon another that shall not be 
thrown down. — 7. Nation shall rise 
against nation, and kingdom against 
kingdom ; and there shall be fam- 
ines, and earthquakes, and pestilen- 
ces, in divers places ; all these are 
the beginning of sorrows. Then 



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|TOP. If. 



shall they deliver you up to be af- 
flicted, and shall kill you, and ye 
shall be hated of all nations for my 
name's sake. And then shall many be 
offended, and shall betray one anoth- 
er, and shall hate one another, and 
because iniquity shall abound, the 
love of many shall wax cold. When 
ye, therefore, shall see the abomina- 
tion of desolation, spoken of by Dan- 
iel the prophet, stand in the holy 
place, then let them which be in Ju- 
dea flee into the mountains. 

Jer. 29: 10. For thus saith the 
Lord, that after seventy years be ac- 
complished at Babylon I will visit 
you, and perform my good word to- 
ward you, in causing you to re- 
turn to this place. For I know the 
thoughts that I think toward you, 
saith the Lord. 

[See Josephus, Buck, &c] 

II. Prophecies of Babylon. 

Isa. 13: 1. The burden of Baby- 
lon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz 
did see. Lift ye up a banner upon 
the high mountain, exalt the voice 
unto them, shake the hand, that they 
may go into the gates of the nobles. 
I have commanded my sanctified 
ones, I have also called my mighty 
ones for mine anger, even them that 
rejoice in my highness. The noise of 
a multitude in the mountains, like as 
of a great people ; a tumultuous noise 
of the kingdoms of nations gathered 
together, the Lord of hosts muster- 
eth the host of the battle. They 
come from a far country, from the 
end of heaven, even the Lord, and 
the weapons of his indignation, to 
destroy the whole land. Howl ye ; 
for the day of the Lord is at hand ; 
it shall come as a destruction from 
the Almighty. Therefore shall all 
hands be faint, and every man's 
heart shall melt: and they shall be 
afraid : pangs and sorrows shall take 
hold of them ; they shall be in pain 
as a woman that travaileth: they 
shall be amazed one at another ; 
their faces shall be as flames. Be- 
hold, the day of-the Lord cometh, 
cruel both with wrath and fierce an- 
ger, to lay the land desolate : and he 
shall destroy the sinners thereof out 
of it. For the stars of heaven and 
the constellations thereof shall not 
give their light: the sun shall be 
aarkened in his going forth, and the 



moon shall not cause her light to 
shine. And I will punish the world 
for their evil, and the wicked for 
their iniquity ; and I will cause the 
arrogancy of the proud to cease, and 
will lay low the haughtiness of the 
terrible. I will make a man more 
precious than fine gold ; even a man 
than the golden wedge of Ophir. 
Therefore I will shake the heavens, 
and the earth shall remove out of 
her place, in the wrath of the Lord 
of hosts, and in the day of his fierce 
anger. And it shall be as the chased 
roe, and as a sheep that no man ta- 
kethup: they shall every man turn 
to his own people, and flee every 
one into his own land. Every one 
that is found shall be thrust through; 
and every one that is joined unto 
them shall fall by the sword. Their 
children also shall be dashed to pie- 
ces before their eyes ; their houses 
shall be spoiled, and their wives rav- 
ished. Behold, I will stir up the 
Medes against them, which shall not 
regard silver ; and as for gold, they 
shall not delight in it. Their bows 
also shall dash the young men to pie- 
ces ; and they shall have no pity on 
the fruit of the womb ; their eye 
shall not spare children. And Baby- 
lon, the glory of kingdoms, the beau- 
ty of the Chaldee's excellency, shall 
be as when God overthrew Sodom 
and Gomorrah. It shall never be in- 
habited, neither shall it be dwelt in 
from generation to generation : nei- 
ther shall the Arabian pitch tent 
there: neither shall the shepherds 
make their fold there. But wild 
beasts of the desert shall lie there ; 
and their houses shall be full of dole- 
ful creatures ; and owls shall dwell 
there, and satyrs shall dance there. 
And the wild beasts of the islands 
thall cry in their desolate houses, 
and dragons in their pleasant pala- 
ces: and her time is near to come, 
and her days shall not be prolonged. 

1T 14: 1. For the Lord will have 
mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose 
Israel, and set them in their own 
land: and the strangers shall be join- 
ed with them, and they shall cleave 
to the house of Jacob. And the peo- 
ple shall take them, and bring them 
to their place: and the house of Is- 
rael shall possess them in the land of 
the Lord for servants and nan:'- 
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tives, whose captives they were ; and • 
they shall rule over their oppressors. 
And it shall come to pass in the day 
that the Lord shall give thee rest 
from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, 
and from the hard bondage wherein 
thou wast, made to serve, that thou 
shalt take up this proverb against 
the king of Babylon, and say, How 
hath the oppressor ceased ! the gol- ' 
den city ceased! the Loud hath bro- 
ken the staff of the wicked, and the 
sceptre of the rulers. He who smote j 
the people in wrath with a continual 
stroke, he that ruled the nations in 
anger, is persecuted, and none hin- ! 
dereth. The whole earth is at rest, ! 
and is quiet: they break forth into 
singing. Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at 
thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, 
saying, Since thou art laid down, 
no feller is come up against us. Hell 
from beneath is moved for thee to j 
meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth j 
Up the dead for thee, even all the | 
chief ones of the earth ; it hath rais- 
ed up from their thrones all the kings 
of the nations. All they shall speak, 
and say unto thee, Art thou also be- 
come weak as we? art thou become 
like unto us? Thy pomp is brought 
down to the grave, and the noise of 
thy viols: the worm is spread under 
thee, and the worms cover thee. 
How art thou fallen from heaven, O 
Lucifer, son of the morning! how art 
thou cut down to the ground, which 
didst weaken the nations! for thou 
hast said in thine heart, I will ascend 
into heaven, I will exalt my throne 
above the stars of God: I will sit also 
upon the mount of the congregation, 
in the sides of the north : I will ascend 
above the heights of* the clouds ; I 
will be likethe'Most High. Yet thou 
shalt be brought down to hell, to the 
sides of the pit. They that see thee 
shall narrowly look upon thee, and 
consider thee, saying, Is this the man 
that made the earth to tremble, that 
did shake kingdoms ; t hat made the 
world as a wilderness, and destroyed 
the cities thereof; that opened not 
the house of his prisoners? all the 
kings of the nations, even all of them, 
lie in glory, every one in his own j 
house. But thou art cast out of thy 
grave like an abominable branch, 
and as the raiment of those that are 
slain, thrust through with a sword, 
that go down to the stones of the 
pit ; as a carcass trodden under feet. 



Thou shalt not be joined with them 
in burial, because thou hast destroy- 
ed thy land, and slain thy people: 
the seed of evil doers shall never be 
renowned. Prepare slaughter for his 
children for the iniquity of their fa- 
thers ; that they do not rise nor pos- 
sess the land, nor fill the face of the 
world with cities. For I will rise up 
against them, saith the Lord of 
hosts, and cut off from Babylon the 
name, and remnant, and son, and 
nephew, saith the Lord. I will also 
make it a possession for the bittern, 
and pools of water: and I will sweep 
it with the besom of destruction, 
saith the Lord of hosts. The Lord 
of hosts hath sworn, saying, surely 
as I have thought, so shall it come to 
pass, and as I have purposed, so shall 
it stand: that I will break the Assyr- 
ian in my land, and upon my moun- 
tains tread him under foot: then shall 
his yoke depart from off them, and 
his burden depart from off their 
shoulders. This is the purpose that 
is purposed upon the whole earth: 
and this is the hand that is stretched 
out upon all the nations. For the 
Lord of hosts hath purposed, and 
who shall disannul it? and his hand 
is stretched out, and who shall turn 
it back? 

[See an excellent article in the 
Encyclopedia of Religious Knowl- 
edge, page 161, on « Babel and 
Babylon."] 

III. Predictions of the Messiah. 

Gen. 49: 10. The sceptre shall 
not depart from Judah, nor a law- 
giver from between his feet till Shi- 
loh come : and unto him shall the 
gathering of the people be. 

Ps. 2: 7. The Lord hath said unto 
me, Thou art my Son, this day 
have I begotten thee. 

16: 10. Thou Wilt not leave my 
soul in hell: neither wilt thou suffer 
thy Holv One to see corruption. 

22; 1." My God, my God ! why 
hast thou forsaken me! — 7. All 
the}' that see me. laugh me to scorn. 
They shoot out the lip : they shake 
the head, saying-, He trusted on 
the Lord that he would deliver him. 
Let him deliver him seeing he de- 
lighted in him. — 18. They part my 
garments among them, and cast lots 
upon my vesture. 

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eaten me up ; and the reproaches of 
them that reproached thee have 
fallen upon me. — 21. They gave 
me gall for my meat; and in my 
thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 

Isa. 7: 14. Behold a virgin shall 
conceive, and bear a son, and shall 
call his name IMMANUEL. 

9: 6. For unto us a Child is born, 
unto us a Son is given : and the gov- 
ernment shall be upon his shoulder: 
and his name shall be called Won- 
derful, Counsellor, the mighty God, 
the everlasting Father, the Prince of 
Peace. Of the increase of his gov- 
ernment and peace there shall be no 
end, upon the throne of David, and 
upon his kingdom, to order it, and 
to establish it with judgment and 
with justice from henceforth even 
forever. The zeal of the Lord of 
hosts will perform this. 

28 : 16. Therefore thus saith the 
Lord God, behold, I lay in Zionfor 
a foundation a stone, a tried stone, 
a precious corner-stone, a sure foun- 
dation: he that believeth shall not 
make haste. Judgment also will I 
lay to the line, and righteousness to 
the plummet. 

42: 1. Behold my servant, whom 
I uphold ; mine elect, in ivhom my 
soul delighteth ; I have put my spirit 
upon him: he shall bring forth judg- 
ment to the Gentiles. He shall not 
cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice 
to be heard in the street. A bruised 
reed shall he not break, and the 
smoking flax shall he not quench: 
he shall bring forth judgment unto 
truth. He shall not fail nor be dis- 
couraged, till he have set judgment 
in the earth : and the isles shall wait 
for his law. — 13. Behold, my ser- 
vant shall deal prudently, ye shall 
be exalted and extolled, and be very 
high. As many were astonished at 
\hee ; his visage was so marred 
more than any man, and his form 
more than the sons of men: so shall 
he sprinkle many nations ; the kings 
shall shut their mouths at him: for 
that which had not been told them 
shall they see ; and that which they 
had not heard shalflhey consider. 

IT 53:1. Who hath believed our re- 
port ? And to whom is the arm of 
the Lord revealed ? for he shall 
grow up before him as a tender 
plant, and as a root out of a dry 
ground: he hath no form nor come- 



liness; and when we shall see him, 
there is no beauty that we should 
desire him. He is despised and re- 
jected of men ; a man of sorrows, 
and acquainted with grief ; and we 
hid as it were our faces from him ; 
he was despised, and we esteemed 
him not. Surely he hath borne 
our griefs, and carried our sor- 
rows : yet we did esteem him strick- 
en, smitten of God, and afflicted. 
But he was wounded for our trans- 
gressions, he was bruised for our in- 
iquities: the chastisement of our 
peace was upon him ; and with his 
stripes we are healed. All we, like 
sheep, have gone astray ; we have 
turned every one to his own way ; 
and the Lord hath laid on him the 
iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, 
and he was afflicted, yet he opened 
not his mouth: he is brought as a 
lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep 
before her shearers is dumb, so he 
openeth not his mouth. He was taken 
from prison and from judgment: and 
who shall declare his generation? 
for he was cut oft out of the land of 
the living: for the- transgression of 
my people was he stricken. And he 
made his grave with the wicked, and 
with the rich in his death ; because 
he had done no violence, neither was 
any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleas- 
ed the Lord to bruise him ; he hath 
put him to grief: when thou shalt 
make his soul an offering for sin, he 
shall see his seed, he shall prolong 
his days, and the pleasure of the 
Lord shall prosper in his hand. He 
shall see of the travail of his soul, 
and shall be satisfied : by his knowl- 
edge shall my righteous servant jus- 
tify many ; for he shall bear their 
iniquities. Therefore will I divide 
him a portion with the great, and he 
shall divide the spoil with the strong ; 
because he hath poured out his soul 
unto death: and he Avas numbered 
with the transgressors ; and he bare 
the sin of many, and made interces- 
sion for the transgressors. 

Jer. 23: 5. Behold, the days come, 
saith the Lord, that I will raise unto 
David a righteous Branch, and a 
King shall reign and prosper, and 
shall execute judgment and justice 
in the earth. In his days Judah shall 
be saved, and Israel shall dwell safe- 
ly: and this is his name whereby he 
shall be called, The Lord our Right- 
eousness. 



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S3: 14. Behold, the days come, 
saith the Lord, that I will perform 
that good thing which I have promis- 
ed unto the house of Israel and to the 
house of Judah. In those days, and 
at that time, will I cause the Branch 
of righteousness to grow up unto Da- 
vid ; and he shall execute judgment 
and righteousness in the land. In 
those days shall Judah be saved, and 
Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and 
this is the name wherewith she shall 
be called The Lord our Righteous- 
ness. 

Dan. 2: 34. Thou sawest till that 
a stone was cut out without hands, 
which smote the image upon his feet 
that were of iron and clay, and brake 
them to pieces. — 44. And in the 
days of these kings shall the God of 
heaven set up a kingdom, which shall 
never be destroyed: and the kingdom 
shall not be left to other people, but 
it shall break in pieces and consume 
all these kingdoms, and it shall stand 
forever. 

1T 9 : 24. Seventy weeks are deter- 
mined upon thy people and upon thy 
holy city, to finish the transgression, 
and to make an end of sins, and to 
make reconciliation for iniquity, and 
to bring in everlasting righteousness, 
and to seal up the vision and proph- 
ecy, and to anoint the Most Holy. 
Know therefore and understand, that 
from the going forth of the command- 
ment to restore and to build Jerusa- 
lem unto the Messiah,the Prince, shall 
be seven weeks, and threescore and 
two weeks : the street shall be built 
again, and the wall, even in troub- 
lous times. And after threescore and 
two weeks shall Messiah be cut off. 
but not for himself: and the people 
of the prince that shall come shall 
destroy the city and the sanctuary ; 
and the end thereof shall be with a 
flood, and unto the end of the war 
desolations are determined. And he 
shall confirm the covenant with many 
for one week: and in the midst of 
the week he shall cause the sacrifice 
and the oblation to cease, and for the 
overspreading of abominations he 
shall make it desolate, even until 
the consummation, and that deter- 
mined shall be poured upon the 
desolate. 

Mic. 5: 1. They shall smite the 
judge of Israel with a rod upon the 
cheek. But thou, Bethlehem Ephra- 



tah, though thou be little among the 
thousands of Judah, yet out of thee 
shall He come forth unto me that is 
to be ruler in Israel ; whose goings 
forth have been from of old, from ev- 
erlasting. Therefore will he give 
them up, until the time that she 
which travaileth hath brought forth : 
then the remnant of his brethren 
shall return unto the children of Is- 
rael. And he shall stand and feed in 
the strength of the Lorn, in the ma- 
jesty of the name of the Lord his 
God 5 and they shall abide : for now 
shall he be great unto the ends of the 
earth. 

Zech. 9: 9. Rejoice greatly, O 
daughter of Zion ; shout, O daugh- 
ter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king 
cometh unto thee: he is just, and 
having salvation : lowly, and riding 
upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal 
of an ass. And 1 will cut off the 
chariot from Ephrairn, and the horse 
from Jerusalem, and the battle-bow 
shall be cut off: and he shall speak 
peace unto the heathen : and his do- 
minion shall be from sea even to sea, 
and from the river even to the ends 
of the earth. As for thee also, by the 
blood of thy covenant I have sent 
forth thy prisoners out of the pit 
wherein is no water. Turn you to 
the strong hold, ye prisoners of 
hope. 

12: 10. And I will pour upon 
the house of David, and upon the 
inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit 
of grace and of supplications: and 
they shall look upon me whom they 
have pierced, and they shall mourn 
for him, as one mourneth for his 
only son, and shall be in bitterness 
for him, as one that is in bitterness 
for his first-born. In that day shall 
there be a great mourning in Jeru- 
salem, as the mourning of Hadadrim- 
mon in the valley of Megiddon. 

13: 7. In that day there shall be a 
fountain opened to the house of Da- 
vid and to the inhabitants of Jerusa- 
lem, for sin and for uncleanness. — 
7. Awake, O sword, against my 
shepherd, and against the man that 
is my fellow, saith the Lord of 
hosts: smite the shepherd, and the 
sheep shall be scattered: and I will 
turn mine hand upon the little ones. 

Mal. 3: 1. Behold, I will send 
my messenger, and he shall prepare 
the way before me: and the Lord, 
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to his temple, even the messenger 

of the covenant, whom ye delight 
in: behold, he shall come, saith the 
Lord of" Hosts. But who may abide 
the day of his coining ? and who 
shall stand when he appeareth ? for 
he is like a refiner's fire, and like 
fullers' soap: and he shall sit us a 
refiner and purifier of silver: and he 
shall purify the sons of Levi, and 
purge them as gold and silver, that 
they may offer unto the Lord an of- 
fering in righteousness. 



§ 



3. PROVED BY MIRACLES. 



Ex. 4: 1. And Moses answered 
and said, But, behold, they will not 
believe me, nor hearken unto my 
voice: for they will say, The Lord 
hath not appeared unto thee. And 
the Loud said unto him, what is 
that in thine hand ? and he said, a 
rod. And he said, cast it on the 
ground. And he cast it on the 
ground, and it became a serpent ; 
and Moses fled from before it. And 
the Lord said unto Moses, put forth 
thine hand, and take it by the tail. 
And he put forth his hand, and 
caught it, and it became a rod in his 
hand: that they may believe that the 
Lord God of their fathers, the God 
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and 
the God of Jacob, hath appeared 
unto thee. 

6: 29. The Lord spake unto Mo- 
ses, saying, I am the Lord (Jeho- 
vah), speak thou unto Pharaoh, 
king of Egypt, all that I say unto 
thee. 

7: 2. Thou shalt speak all that I 
command thee. And I will har- 
den Pharaoh's heart, and will mul- 
tiply my signs and my wonders in 
the land of Egypt. — 5. And the 
Egyptians shall know that I am the 
Lord (Jehovah) when I stretch 
forth my hand upon Egypt, and 
bring out the children of Israel from 
among them. 

14: 29. But the children of Israel 
walked on dry—land in the midst of 
the sea, and . . . saw the Egyptians 
dead upon the sea shore. And Israel 
saw that great work which the 
Lord did upon the Egyptians ; and 
the people feared the Lord, and be- 
lieved the Lord, and his servant 
Moses. 



Mark 16: 19. So then, after the 

Lord had spoken unto them, he was 
received up into heaven, and sat on 
the right hand of God. And they 
went forth and preached every- 
where, the Lord working with them 
and confirming the word with signs 
following. Amen. 

Acts 5:12. And by the hands of 
the Apostles were many signs and 
wonders wrought among ihe people. 
— 14. And believers were the more 
added to the Lord. 

13:9. Then Saul, (who also is 
called Paul) filled with the Holy 
Ghost, set his eyes on him and said, 
behold the hand of the Lord is upon 
thee, and thou shalt be blind: not 
seeing the sun for a season. And 
immediately there fell on him a mist 
and a darkness. Then the deputy, 
when he saw what was done, be- 
lieved, being astonished at the doc- 
trine of the Lord. 

Mat. 11: 3. Art thou he that 
should come, or do we look for 
another? Jesus answered and said 
unto them, Go, and show John 
again those things which ye do hear 
and see ; the blind receive their 
sight, and the lame walk, the lepers 
are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the 
dead are raised up, and the poor 
have the gospel preached to them. 

1 Kings 17: 23. And Elijah took 
the child and delivered him unto his 
mother, and said, See, thy son liv- 
eth. And the woman said to Elijah, 
Now by this 1 know thou art a man 
of God, and that the word of the 
Lord in thy mouth is truth. 



CHAPTER II. 



A SUFFICIENT AND INFALLIBLE 
GUIDE. 



The law of theLorri is perfect, convert- 
ins: the soul. — Ps. 19: 7. 



§ I- 



PERFECT IN ITS PRECEPTS. 



Ps. 19: 7. The statutes of the 
Lord are right, rejoicing the heart. 
The commandments of the Lord 
are pure, enlightening the eyes. 

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word is settled in heaven. Thy 
faithfulness is unto all generations. 
— 96. I have seen an end of all per- 
fection : but thy commandment is 
exceeding broad. Therefore I love 
thy commandments above gold ; 
yea, above fine gold. Therefore I 
esteem all thy precepts concerning 
all things to be right ; and I hate 
every false way. Thy testimonies 
are wonderful : therefore doth my 
soul keep them. The entrance of 
thy words giveth light; it giveth 
understanding unto the simple. — 
137. Righteous art thou, Lord, 
and upright are thy judgments. Thy 
testimonies that thou hast com- 
manded are righteous and very 
faithful ; my zeal hath consumed 
me ; because mine enemies have 
forgotten thy words. Thy word is 
very pure: therefore thy servant 
loveth it. — 142. Thy righteousness 
is an everlasting righteousness, and 
thy law is the truth. Trouble and 
anguish have taken hold on me : 
yet thy commandments are my de- 
lights. The righteousness of thy 
testimonies is everlasting : give me 
understanding, and I shall live. — 
160. Thy word is true from the be- 
ginning: and every one of thy righ- 
teous judgments endureth forever. 
— 172. AH thy commandments are 
righteousness. 

Deut. 4: 8. What nation is there 
so great, that hath statutes and 
judgments so righteous, as all this 
law, which I set before you this 
day. 

John 10: 35. The scripture can- 
not be broken. 

Mat 22: 29. Ye do err, not know- 
ing the scriptures, nor the power of 
God. 

Acts 17: 2. And Paul, as his 
manner was, went in unto them, 
and three sabbath days reasoned 
with them out of the scriptures, 
opening and alleging, that Christ 
must needs have suffered, and that 
this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, 
is Christ. 

2 Cor. 10:4. For the weapons of 
our warfare are not carnal but 
mighty, through God, to the pulling ! 
down of strong holds. 

Eph. 1: 13. In whom ye also 
trusted after that ye heard the word 
of truth, the gospel of your salva- j 
tion. In whom, also, after that ye 



believed, ye were sealed with the 
Holy Spirit of Promise. 

1F2Tim.1:10. Christ hath brought 
life and immortality to light through 
the gospel. 

John 12: 46. I am come a light 
into the world, that whosoever be- 
lieveth in me should not abide in 
darkness. 

2 Tim. 3:15. The holy scrip- 
tures are able to make you wise 
unto salvation, through faith that is 
in Christ Jesus. 

John 6: 45. It is written in the 
prophets, "and they shall be all 
taught of God." Every man, there- 
fore, that hath heard, and hath 
learned of the Father cometh unto 
me. 

8: 58. And if any one hear my 
words and believe not, I judge him 
not ; for I came not to judge the 
world, but to save the world. He, 
that rejecteth me and receiveth not 
my words, hath one that judgeth 
him. The Word that I have spoken, 
the same shall judge him at the last 
day. ... I know that his command- 
ment is life everlasting. ■ 

Ro. 10: 13. For whosoever shall 
call on the name of the Lord shall 
be saved. How then shall they call 
on him in whom they have not be- 
lieved ; and how shall they believe 
on him of whom they have not 
heard ; and how shall they hear 
without a preacher ? . . So then 
faith cometh by hearing, and hear- 
ing by the word of God. 

Acts 17: 11. These were more 
noble than they of Thessalonica, in 
that they received the word with all 
readiness of mind, and searched the 
scriptures daily, whether those 
things were so. 

2 Tim. 3: 16. All scripture ... is 
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, 
for correction, for instruction in 
righteousness ; that the man of God 
may be perfect, thoroughly furnish- 
ed for every good work. 

Dan. 10: 21. I will show thee 
what is noted in the scripture of 
truth. 

Isa. 8: 20. To the law and to the 
testimony. If they speak not ac- 
cording to this word, it is because 
there is no truth in them. 

2 Cor. 2: 15. For we are unto 
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in them that are saved, and in them 
that perish. To the one we are a 
savor of death unto death ; and to 
the other a savor of life unto life. 
And who is sufficient for these 
things ? For we are not as many 
that corrupt the word of God ; hut 
as of sincerity, but as of God, in 
the sight of God, speak we in Christ. 



II. 



Perfect in its adaptation to the 
heart. 



Rom. 1: 16. For I am not asham- 
ed of the gospel of Christ ; for it is 
the power of God unto salvation to 
every one that believeth. 

10: 17. Faith cometh by hearing, 
and hearing by the word of God. 

1 Cor. 1: 18. For the preaching 
of the cross is to them that perish 
foolishness ; but unto us which be 
saved it is the power of God. — 20. 
It pleased God by the foolishness of 
preaching to save them that believe. 

2 Cor. 2: 4. Not handling the 
word of God deceitfully, but by 
manifestation of the truth, com- 
mending ourselves to every man's 
conscience in the sight of God. For 
if our gospel be hid, it is hid unto 
them that are lost ; in whom the 
God of this world hath blinded the 
minds of them that believe not, lest 
the light of the glorious gospel of 
Christ, who is the image of God, 
should shine unto them. 

John 17 : 17. Sanctify them 
through thy truth: thy word is truth. 

Ps. 19: 8. The fear of the Lord is 
clean, enduring forever. The judg- 
ments of the Lord are true and 
righteous altogether. Moreover, 
by them is thy servant warned, and 
in keeping of them there is great 
reward. 

119: 50. Thy word hath quick- 
ened me. — 67. Before I was afflict- 
ed, I went astray, but now have I 
kept thy word. — 71. It is good for 
me that I have been afflicted ; that 
I might learn thy statutes. The 
law of thy mouth is better unto me 
than thousands of jjold and silver. 
— 75. I know, ^ Lord, that thy 
judgments are right, and that thou 
in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 

Eph. 6: 17. Take the helmet of 
salvation, and sword of the Spirit, 
which is the word of God. 

Heb. 4: 12. For the word of God 
is quick and powerful, and sharper 



than any two edged sword, piercing 
even to the dividing asunder of 
soul and spirit, and of the joints 
and marrow ; and is a discern er of 
the thoughts and intents of the 
heart. 

Ja. 1: 18. Of his own will be- 
gat he us with the word of truth. 

2 Tim. 2: 9. The word of God is 
not bound. 



III. Perfect in its appeals to the 
sensibilities, or its sanctions. 

Isa. 5:1. Now will I sing to my 
well-beloved a song of my beloved 
touching his vineyard. " My well- 
beloved hath a vineyard in a very 
fruitful hill: and he fenced it, and 
gathered out the stones thereof, and 
planted it with the choicest vine, 
and built a tower in the midst of it, 
and also made a wine-press therein: 
and he looked that it should bring 
forth grapes, and it brought forth 
wild grapes." And now, O inhab- 
itants of Jerusalem, and men of 
Judah, judge, I pray you betwixt 
me and my vineyard. What could 
have been done more to my vine- 
yard, that I have not done in it ? 
wherefore, when I looked that it 
should bring forth grapes, brought 
it forth wild grapes ? 

Luke 7:31. Whereunto shall I 
liken the men of this generation ? 
They are like unto children sitting 
in the market place and calling one 
to another and saying, We have 
piped unto you and ye have not 
danced ; we have mourned unto 
you and ye have not Wept. 

Jer. 23: 29. Is not my word like 
a fire, saith the Lord, and like a 
hammer, that breaketh the rock in 
pieces? 



1. Hope is addressed. 

Deut. 7: 12. Wherefore it shall 
come to pass, if ye hearken to these 
judgments, and keep, and do them, 
that the Lord thy God shall keep 
unto thee the covenant and the 
mercy which he sware unto thy 
fathers: and he will love thee, and 
bless thee, and multiply thee; he 
will also bless the fruit of thy womb, 
and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, 
and thy wine, and thine oil, the in- 



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crease of thy kine, and the flocks of 
thy sheep, in the land which he 
sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 
Thou shalt be blessed above all 
people: there shall not be male or 
female barren among you, or among 
your cattle. And the Lord will 
take away from thee all sickness, 
and will put none of the evil dis- 
eases of Egypt, which thou know- 
est, upon thee ; but will lay them 
upon all them that hate thee. 

Isa. 1: 19. If ye be willing and 
obedient ye shall eat the good of the 
land. 

Mal. 3: 16. Then they that fear- 
ed the Lord spake often one to 
another: and the Lord hearkened, 
and heard it, and a book of remem- 
brance was written before him for 
them that feared the Lord, and that 
thought upon his name. And they 
shall be mine, saith the Lord of 
hosts, in that day when I make up 
my jewels; and I will spare them, as 
a man spareth his own son that serv- 
eth him. Then shall ye return, and 
discern between the righteous and 
the wicked, between him that serv- 
eth God and him that serveth him 
not. 

[See Future State. — Blessedness 
of the Righteous.] 

2. Fears, Apprehensions. 

Deut. 28: 58. If thou wilt not 
observe to do all the words of this 
law, that are written in this book, ... 
the Lord will make thy plagues 
wonderful, and the plagues of thy 
seed, and of long continuance. — 
63. As the Lord rejoiced over you 
to do you good, and to multiply 
you, so the Lord will rejoice over 
you to destroy you, and to bring you 
to nought. 

[See Penalty of Divine Law, and 
Future State, — the Disobedient.] 

3. Sense of Obligation. 

Isa. 1 : 2. Hear, O Heavens, and 
give ear, earth: for the Lord 
hath spoken, I have nourished and 
brought up children, and they have 
rebelled against me. The ox knovv- 
eth his owner, and the ass his mas- 
ter's crib: but Israel doth not know, 
my people doth not consider. 

Mal. 1:6. A son honoreth his 
father, and a servant his master: 



If then I be a father, where is mine 
honor ? and if I be a master, where 
is my fear ? 

Rom. 5: 8. God commendeth his 
love towards us in that while we 
were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 
— 6. When we were yet without 
strength, in due time Christ died 
for the ungodly. 

1 Cor. 6: 19. Ye are not your 
own ; for ye are bought with a 
price ; therefore glorify God in 
your body and spirit, which are 
God's. 

[See Inducements to obey God. 
Love of God. — Goodness of God.] 

IV. The only authority in religion. 

Deut. 4: 2. Ye shall not add 
unto the word which I command 
you ; neither shall ye diminish 
ought from it; that ye may keep the 
commandments of the Lord your 
God, which I command you. 

John 5: 89. Search the scrip- 
tures ;. for in them, ye think ye 
have eternal life, and they are they 
which testify of me. 

Luke 16: 31. If they hear not 
Moses and the Prophets, neither 
would they be persuaded though 
one went unto them from the dead. 

2 Cor. 11: 2. For I am jealous 
over you with a godly jealousy ; for 
I have espoused you unto one hus- 
band, that I may present you as a 
chaste virgin to Christ. — 4. For 
if he that cometh preacheth another 
Jesus whom we have not preached, 
or if ye receive another spirit which 
ye have not received, or another 
gospel which ye have not accepted: 

ye might well bear with him 

Such are false Apostles, deceitful 
workers, transforming themselves 
into Apostles of Christ. 

Gal. 1:6. I marvel that ye are 
so soon removed from him, that 
called you into the grace of Christ, 
unto another gospel: which is not 
another ; but there be some that 
trouble you. and would pervert the 
gospel of Christ. But though we, 
or an angel from heaven, preach 
any other gospel unto you, than 
that we have preached, let him be 
accursed. As we said before, so 
say I now again, if any man preach 
any other gospel unto you, than that 
ye have received, let him be ac- 
cursed. 



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II. 



Rev. 22: 18. For 1 testify unto 
every man that heareth the words 
of the prophecy of this book. If 
any man shall add unto these things 
God shall add unto him the plagues 
that are written in this book ; and 
if any man shall take away from 
the words of the book of this proph- 
ecy, God shall take away his part 
out of the book of life, and out of 
the holy city, and from the things 
which are written in this book. 

V. Relation of the Old and New 
Testaments. 

Mat. 5: 17. Think not that I am 
come to destroy the law or the 
prophets; I am not come to destroy, 
but to fulfil. For verily I say unto 
you, Till heaven and earth pass, 
one jot, or one tittle shall in no wise 
pass from the law till all be fulfilled. 
Whosoever, therefore, shall break 
one of these least commandments, 
and shall teach men so, he shall be 
called the least in the kingdom of 
heaven. 

Luke 16: 16. The law and the 
prophets were until John, since that 
time, the kingdom of God is preach- 
ed, and every man presseth into it. 
And it is easier for heaven and 
earth to pass, than one tittle of the 
law to fail. 

Col. 2: 14. Blotting out the hand 
writing of ordinances, that was 
against us, which was contrary to 
us, and took it out of the way, nail- 
ing it to his cross. 

Eph. 2: 15. Having abolished in 
his flesh the enmity (between Jews 
and Gentiles) even the law of com- 
mandments contained in ordinances. 
Luke 24: 44. And he said unto 
them. These are the words which I 
said unto you, while I was yet with 
you that all things must be ful- 
filled, which were written in the 
law of Moses and in the Prophets 
and in the Psalms, concerning me. 
Then opened he their understand- 
ings that they might understand the 
scripture, and said unto them, Thus 
it is written, and thus it behoved 
Christ to suffer. 

Acts 8: 35. Philip began at the 
same scripture, and preached unto 
him Jesus. 

Rom. 4: 3. What saith the scrip- 
ture ? 

9: 17. For the scripture saith. 



2 Pet. 1:19. We have also a 
more sure word of prophecy, where- 
unto ye do well that ye take heed as 
unto a light that shineth in a dark 
place .... knowing this first, that 
no scripture is of any private inter- 
pretation. 

Acts 17: 2. Paul reasoned out of 
the scriptures. 

18: 24. Agabus was mighty in 
the scriptures. 

Rom. 16: 25. Now to him that is 
of power to establish you according 
to my gospel, and the preaching of 
Jesus Christ, (according to the rev- 
elation of the mystery which was 
kept secret from the foundation of 
the world, but now is made mani- 
fest, and by the scriptures of the 
prophets, according to the com- 
mandment of the everlasting God, 
made known to all nations for the 
obedience of faith) to God only 
wise, be glory through Jesus ChrisS 
forever. Amen. 



VI. Importance of studying it. 

Ps. 119: 6. Then shall I not be 
ashamed when I have respect unto 
all thy commandments. I will 
praise thee with uprightness of 
heart, when I shall have learned 
thy righteous judgments. I will 
keep thy statutes : O forsake me not 
utterly. Wherewith shall a young 
man cleanse his way ? by taking 
heed thereto according to thy word. 
With my whole heart have I sought 
thee: O let me not wander from 
thy commandments. Thy word 
have I hid in mine heart, that I 
might not sin against thee. Blessed 
art thou, O Lord: teach me thy 
statutes. With my lips have I de- 
clared all the judgments of thy 
mouth. I have rejoiced in the way 
of thy testimonies, as much as in all 
riches. I will meditate in thy pre- 
cepts, and have respect unto thy 
ways. I will delight myself in thy 
statutes: I will not forget thy w r ord. 
— 92. Unless thy law had been my 
delights, I should then have perish- 
ed in mine affliction. I will never 
forget thy precepts ; for with them 
thou hast quickened me. I am 
thine, save me ; for I have sought 
thy precepts. The wicked have 
waited for me to destroy me: but 
I will consider thy testimonies. 



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Col. S: 16. Let the word of Christ 
dwell in you richly in :ill wisdom. 

9 Tim. .>: 15. From a child thou 
hast known the holy scriptures. 

Heb. 2:1. We ought to give the 
more earnest heed to the things 
which Ave have heard, lest at any 
time we let them slip. 

1 Pet. 2: 2. Desire the sincere 
milk of the word. 

Luke 24: 27. Beginning at Mo- 
ses and all the prophets, ho ex- 
pounded unto them in all the scrip- 
tures the things concerning himself*. 
— S2. And they said, did not our 
heart burn within us. while he 
talked with us by the way. and 
opened to us the scriptures ? 

Deut. 6: 6. And these words 
which I command thee this day. shall 
he in thy heart: and thou shalt 
teach them diligently to thy chil- 
dren, and shalt talk of them wheu 
thou sittesr in thine house, and when 
thou walkest by the way; when 
ihou liest down, and when thou 



ri>est up. And thou shalt hind them, 
for a sign upon thine hand, and they 
shall bo as frontlets between thine 
eyes; and thou shalt write them 
upon the posts of thy house, and on 
thy gates. [See Christian Duties.] 
Josh. 1: 7. Onl\ be thou strong 
and very courageous, that thou may- 
est observe to do according to all the 
law. which Moses m\ servant com- 
manded thee: turn not from it to the 
right hand or to the left, that thou 
nun est prosper whithersoever thou 
goest. This book of the law shall 
not depart out of thy mouth ; hut 
thou shalt meditate therein day and 
night, that thou mayest observe to 
do according to all that is written 
therein: for then thou shalt make 
thy way prosperous, and then thou 
shalt have good success. Have not 
I commanded thee ? Be strong and 
of a 'jiood courage ; be not afraid, 
neither be thou dismayed: for the 
Lord thy God is with thee wither- 
soever thou goest. 



THIRD GENERAL TOPIC 



THE DIVINE LAW. 



CHAPTER I. 

ORIGINAL LAW. 

Gen. 2: 8. And the Lonn God 
planted a garden eastward in Eden ; 
and there he put the man whom he 
had formed. — 16. And the Lord God 
commanded the man. Baying, Of 
every tree of the garden thou may- 
est freely eat. But of the tree of 
the knowledge of good and evil, 
thou shalt not eat of it: for in the 
day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt 

surely die. — 2, And on the seventh 
da\ God ended his work which he 
had made ; and he rested on the 
seventh day from all his work which 



he had made. And God blessed the 
se\onth day, ami sanctified it: be- 
cause that in it he had rested from 
all his work which God created 
and made. — 24. Therefore shall a 
man leave his father and his mother, 
and shall cleave unto his wile ; and 
they shall be one flesh. 

Curse inflicted on the transgressor. 

Gen. 3: 17. Because thou hast 
hearkened unto the voice of thy 
wife, and hast eaten of the tree of 
which I commanded thee saying, 
Thou shall not eat of it ; cursed is 
the ground for thy sake ; in sorrow 
shalt thou eat of it all the days of 



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thy life ; thorns also, and thistles 
shall it bring forth unto thee, and 
thou shalt eat the herb of the field. 
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou 
eat bread, till thou return unto the 
ground ; for dust thou art, and unto 
dust shalt thou return. 



CHAPTER II. 

THE TWO TABLES OF STONE, CON- 
TAINING TEN STATUTES. 

§ 1. DUTIES TO GOD. 

I. Ex. 20: 3. Thou shalt have no 
other gods before me. 

II. Thou shalt not make unto thee 
any graven image, or any likeness 
of any thing that is in heaven above, 
or that is in the earth beneath, or 
that is in the water under the earth. 
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to 
them, nor serve them: for I the 
Lord thy God am a jealous God, 
visiting the iniquity of the fathers 
upon the children unto the third and 
fourth generation of them that hate 
me: and showing mercy unto thou- 
sands of them thave love me and 
keep my commandments. 

III. Thou shalt not take the name 
of the Lord thy God in vain : for 
the Lord will not hold him guiltless 
that taketh his name in vain. 

IV. Remember the sabbath day, 
to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou 
labor, and do all thy work : but the 
seventh day is the sabbath of the 
Lord thy God ; in it thou shalt not 
do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor 
thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor 
thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor 
thy stranger that is within thy gates . 
For in six days the Lord made 
heaven and earth, the sea, and all 
that in them is, and rested the sev- 
enth day: wherefore the Lord bles- 
sed the sabbath dav and hallowed it. 



§ 2. TO ONE ANOTHER. 

I. Ex. 20 : 1 2. Honor thy father and 
thy mother ; that thy days may be 
long upon the land which the Lord 
thy God giveth thee. 



H. Thou shalt not kill. 

III. Thou shalt not commit adul- 
tery. 

IV. Thou shalt not steal. 

V. Thou shalt not bear false wit- 
ness against thy neighbor. 

VI. Thou shalt not covet thy 
neighbor's house, thou shalt not cov- 
et thy neighbor's wife, nor his man- 
servant, nor his maid-servant, nor 
his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing 
that is thy neighbor's. 



CHAPTER III. 

APPLICATION OF THESE STATUTES 
IN THE CIVIL POLICY, OR THE- 
OCRACY OF THE JEWS. 



GOD THE OBJECT OF SUPREME 
AFFECTION. 



Deut. 6: 4. Hear, O Israel, the 
Lord our God is one Lord ; and 
thou shalt. love the Lord thy God 
with all thy heart, and with all thy 
soul, and with all thy might. — 12. 
Beware lest thou forget the Lord 
which brought thee forth out of the 
land of Egypt, from the house of 
bondage. Thou shalt fear the Lord 
thy God, and serve him, and shalt 
swear by his name. Ye shall not go 
after other gods, of the gods of the 
people that are round about you. 

— 16. Ye shall not tempt the Lord 
your God. ....Ye shall diligently 
keep the commandments of the 
Lord your God. . . . Thou shalt do 
that which is right and good in the 
sight of the Lord. 

8: 2. Thou shalt remember all 
the way which the Lord thy God 
led thee, these forty years in the 
wilderness ; to humble thee, and to 
prove thee, to know what was in 
thine heart, whether thou would- 
est keep his commandments or no. 

— 11. Beware that thou forget not 
the Lord thy God, in not keeping 
his commandments. But thou shalt 
remember the Lord thy God. 

10: 12. And now, Israel, what 
doth the Lord thy God require of 
thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, 
to walk in all his ways, and to love 
him, and to serve him with all thy 
heart and with all thy soul. — 20. 



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Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God ; 
him shalt thou serve, and to him 
shalt thou cleave ... he is thy praise 
and he is thy God. . . . Thy fathers 
went down into Egypt with three- 
score and ten persons, and now the 
Lord thy God hath made thee as 
the stars of heaven for multitude. 

11: 1. Therefore thou shalt love 
the Lord thy God, and keep his 
charge . . . alway. 

14: 1. Ye are the children of the 
Lord your God. 



§ 2. THE ONLY OBJECT OF RELIGIOUS 
WORSHIP. 

Ex. 20: 22. And the Lord said 
unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say 
unto the children of Israel, Ye have 
seen that I have talked with you 
from heaven. Ye shall not make 
with me gods of silver, neither shall 
ye make unto you gods of gold. An 
altar of earth thou shalt make unto 
me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy 
burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offer- 
ings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in 
all places where I record my name, 
I will come unto thee, and I will 
bless thee. And if thou wilt make 
me an altar of stone, thou shalt not 
build it of hewn stone: for if thou 
lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast 
polluted it. Neither shalt thou go 
up by steps unto mine altar, that 
thy nakedness be not discovered 
thereon. 

22: 20. He that sacrificeth unto 
any god, save unto the Lord only, 
he shall be utterly destroyed. 

Dect. 13:1. If there arise among 
you a prophet, or a dreamer of 
dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a 
wonder, and the sign or the wonder 
come to pass, whereof he spake unto 
thee saying, Let us go after other 
gods, which thou hast not known, 
and let us serve them ; thou shalt 
not hearken unto the words of that 
prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: 
for the Lord your God proveth you, 
to know whether ye love the Lord 
your God with all your heart, and 
with all your soul. Ye shall walk 
after the Lord your God, and fear 
him, and keep his commandments, 
and obey his voice, and ye shall 
serve him, and cleave unto him. 
And that prophet, or that dreamer 



of dreams, shall be put to death ; 
because he hath spoken to turn you 
away from the Lord your God, 
which brought you out of the land 
of Egypt, and redeemed you out of 
the house of bondage, to thrust thee 
out of the way which the Lord thy 
God commanded thee to walk in. 
So shalt thou put the evil away from 
the midst of thee. If thy brother, 
the son of thy mother, or thy son, 
or thy daughter, or the wife of thy 
bosom, or thy friend, which is as 
thine own soul, entice thee secretly, 
saying, Let us go and serve other 
gods, which thou hast not known, 
thou, nor thy fathers ; namely, of 
the gods of the people which are 
round about you, nigh unto thee, or 
far off from thee, from the one end 
of the earth even unto the other end 
of the earth ; thou shalt not con- 
sent unto him, nor hearken unto 
him ; neither shall thine eye pity 
him, neither shalt thou spare, nei- 
ther shalt thou conceal him ; but 
thou shalt surely kill him ; thine 
hand shall be first upon him to put 
him to death, and afterwards the 
hand of all the people. And thou 
shalt stone him with stones, that he 
die ; because he hath sought to 
thrust thee away from the Lord 
thy God, which brought thee out of 
the land of Egyt, from the house of 
bondage. And all Israel shall hear, 
and fear, and shall do no more any 
such wickedness as this is among 
you. If thou shalt hear say in one of 
thy cities, which the Lord thy God 
hath given thee to dwell there, say- 
ing, Certain men, the children of 
Belial, are gone out from among 
you, and have withdrawn the in- 
habitants of their city, saying, Let 
us go and serve other gods, which 
ye have not known ; then shalt thou 
inquire, and make search, and ask 
diligently ; and, behold, if it be 
truth, and the thing certain, that 
such abomination is wrought among 
you: thou shalt surely smite the in- 
habitants of that city with the edge 
of the sword, destroying it utterly, 
and all that is therein, and the cat- 
tle thereof, with the edge of the 
sword. And thou shalt gather all 
the spoil of it into the midst of the 
street thereof, and shall burn with 
fire the city, and all the spoil there- 
of every whit, for the Lord thy God: 
and it shall be an heap forever; it 



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TOP. III. 



shall not be built again. And there 
shall cleave nought of the cursed 
hing to thine hand ; that the Lord 
may turn from the fierceness of his 
anger, and show thee mercy, and 
have compassion upon thee, and 
multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto 
thy fathers ; when thou shalt hear- 
ken to the voice of the Lord thy 
God, to keep all his commandments 
which I command thee this day, to 
do that which is right in the eyes of 
the Lord thy God. 

Cases of Idolatry. 

Josh. 7:10. And the Lord said un- 
to Joshua, . . . Israel hath sinned, and 
they have also transgressed my cov- 
enant, which I commanded them ; 
for they have even taken of the ac- 
cursed thing, and have also stolen, 
and dissembled also . . . therefore the 
children of Israel could not stand 
before their enemies ; neither will I 
be with you any more, except ye put 
away the accursed from among you. 
— 19. And Joshua said unto Achan, 
My son, give, I pray thee, glory to 
the Lord God of Israel, and make 
confession unto him ; and tell me 
now what thou hast done ; hide it 
not from me. And Achan answered 
Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sin- 
ned against the Lord God of Israel, 
and thus and thus have I done: 
when I saw among the spoils a 
goodly Babylonish garment, and 
two hundred shekels of silver, and 
a wedge of gold of fifty shekels 
weight, then I coveted them, and 
took them j and, behold, they are 
hid in the earth in the midst of my 
tent, and the silver under it. So 
Joshua sent messengers, and they 
ran unto the tent ; and, behold, it 
was hid in his tent, and the silver 
under it. And they took them out of 
the midst of the tent, and brought 
them unto Joshua, and unto all the 
children of Israel, and laid them out 
before the Lord. And Joshua, and 
all Israel with him, took Achan, the 
son of Zerah, and the silver, and 
the garment, and the wedge of gold, 
and his sons, and his daughters, and 
his oxen, and his asses, and his 
sheep, and his tent, and all that he 
had: and they brought them unto 
the valley of Achor. And Joshua 
said, Why hast thou troubled us ? 
the Lord shall trouble thee this 



day. And all Israel stoned him with 
stones, and burned them with fire, 
after they had stoned them with 
stones. And they raised over him a 
great heap of stones unto this day. 
So the Lord turned from the fierce- 
ness of his anger. Wherefore the 
name of that place was called the 
valley of Achor, unto this day. 

Deut. 4: 1. Now therefore hear- 
ken, Israel, unto the statutes and 
unto the judgments, which I teach 
you, for to do them, that ye may 
live, and go in and possess the land 
which the Lord God of your fathers 
giveth you. Ye shall not add unto 
the word which I command you, 
neither shall ye diminish aught from 
it, that ye may keep the command- 
ments of the Lord your God which 
I command you. Your eyes have 
seen what the Lord did because of 
Baal-peor: for all the men that fol- 
lowed Baal-peor, the Lord thy God 
hath destroyed them from among 
you. But ye that did cleave unto 
the Lord your God are alive every 
one of you this day. 



§ 3. PROFANITY. 

Lev. 5:1. And if a soul sin, and 
hear the voice of swearing, and is a 
witness, whether he hath seen or 
known of it ; if he do not utter it, 
then he shall bear his iniquity. 

19:12. And ye shall not swear by 
my name falsely, neither shalt thou 
profane the name of thy God: I am 
the Lord. 

Case of a Blasphemer. 

Lev. 24: 13. And the Lord spake 
unto Moses, saying, Bring forth him 
that hath cursed without the camp ; 
and let all that heard him lay their 
hands upon his head, and let all the 
congregation stone him. And thou 
shalt speak unto the children of Is- 
rael, saying, Whosoever curseth his 
God shall bear his sin. And he that 
blasphemeth the name of the Lord, 
he shall surely be put to death, and 
all the congregation shall certainly 
stone him: as well the stranger, as 
he that is born in the land, when he 
blasphemeth the name of the Lord, 
shall be put to death. — 23. And 
Moses spake to the children of Is- 



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rael, that they should bring forth 
him that had cursed out of the camp, 
and stone him with stones. And the 
children of Israel did as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 



§ 4. OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH. 

Ex. 31 : 12. And the Lord spake 
unto Moses, saying, Speak thou al- 
so unto the children of Israel, say-i 
ing, Verily my sabbaths ye shall 
keep: for it is a sign between me 
and you throughout your genera- 
tions ; that ye may know that I am 
the Lord that doth sanctify you. 
Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore ; 
for it is holy unto you: every one 
that defileth it shall surely be put to 
death: for whosoever doeth any 
work therein, that soul shall be cut 
off from among his people. Six days 
may work be done ; but in the sev- 
enth is the sabbath of rest, holy to 
the Lord: whosoever doeth any 
work in the sabbath-day, he shall 
surely be put to death. Wherefore 
the children of Israel shall keep 
the sabbath, to observe the sabbath 
throughout their generations, for a 
perpetual covenant. It is a sign be- 
tween me and the children of Israel 
forever: for in six days the Lord 
made heaven and earth, and on the 
seventh day he rested, and was re 
freshed. 

35: 2. Whosoever doeth work 
therein shall be put to death. Ye 
shall kindle no fire throughout your 
habitations upon the sabbath-day. 

16 : 5. And it shall come to 
pass, that on the sixth day they shall 
prepare that which they bring in ; 
and it shall be twice as much as 
they gather daily. — 22. And it came 
to pass, that on the sixth day they 
gathered twice as much bread, two 
omers for one man: and all the ru- 
lers of the congregation came and 
told Moses. And he said unto them, 
this is that which the Lord hath 
said, to-morrow is the rest of the 
holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake 
that which ye will bake to-day, and 
seethe that ye will seethe ; and that 
which remaineth lay up for you to 
be kept until the morning. — 27. It 
came to pass, that there went out 
some of the people on the seventh 
day for to gather, and they found 
none. And the Lord said unto Mo- 
8 



ses, How long refuse ye to keep my 
commandments and my laws ? See, 
for that the Lord hath given you 
the sabbath, therefore he giveth you 
on the sixth day the bread of two 
days ; abide ye every man in his 
place, let no man go out of his place 
on the seventh day. So the people 
rested on the seventh day. 

Case tried. — Gathering sticks. 

Num. 15: 33. And they that found 
him gathering sticks, brought him 
unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all 
the congregation. And they put him 
in ward because it was not declared 
what should be done to him. And 
the Lord said to Moses, The man 
shall be surely put to death ; all the 
congregation shall stone him witfi 
stones without the camp. And all the 
congregation brought him without 
the camp and stoned him with stones 
and he died ; as the Lord command- 
ed Moses. 

Neil. 13: 15. In those days saw I 
in Judah some treading wine-presses 
on the sabbath, and bringing in 
sheaves, and lading asses ; as also 
wine, grapes, and figs, and all man- 
ner of burdens, which they brought 
into Jerusalem on the sabbath-day: 
and I testified against them in the 
clay wherein they sold victuals. 
There dwelt men of Tyre also 
therein, which brought fish, and all 
manner of ware, and sold on the. 
sabbath unto the children of Judah, 
and in Jerusalem. Then I contend- 
ed with the nobles of Judah, and 
said unto them, What evil thing is 
this that ye do, and profane the sab- 
bath-day ? did not your fathers thus, 
and did not our God bring all this 
evil upon us, and upon this city ? 
yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel 
by profaning the sabbath. And it 
came to pass, that when the gates of 
Jerusalem began to be dark before 
the sabbath, I commanded that the 
gates should be shut, and charged 
that they should not be opened till 
after the sabbath : and some of my 
servants set I at the gates, that there 
should no burden be brought in on 
the sabbath-day. So the merchants 
and sellers of all kind of ware lodged 
without Jerusalem once or twice. 
Then I testified against them, and 
said unto them, Why lodge ye about 
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lay hands on you. From that time | plain, and from the mountains,' and 
forth came they no more on the sab- j from the south, bringing burnt-offer- 
bath. And I commanded the Levites, 
that they should cleanse themselves, 
and that they should come and keep 
the gates, to sanctify the sabbath- 
day. Remember me, O my God, 
concerning this also, and spare me 
according to the greatness of thy 
mercy. 

Morality of the Sabbath. 

Isa. 53: 9. If thou take away from 
the midst of thee the yoke, the put- 
ting forth of the finger, and speaking 
vanity ; and if thou draw out thy 
soul to the hungry, and satisfy the 
afflicted soul ; then shall thy light 
rise in obscurity, and thy darkness 
be as the noon-day. — 13. If thou 
turn away thy foot from the sabbath, 
from doing thy pleasure on my holy 
day ; and call the sabbath a delight, 
the holy of the Lord, honorable, 
and shaft honor him, not doing thine 
own ways, nor finding thine own 
pleasure, nor speaking thine own 
words : then shalt thou delight thy- 
self in the Lord ; and I will cause 
thee to ride upon the high places of 
the earth, and feed thee with the 
heritage of Jacob thy father: for the 
mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 

Jer. 17:21. Thus saith the Lord ; 

take heed to yourselves, and bear no 

burden on the sabbath-day, nor bring 

it in by the gates of Jerusalem ; nei- 

* ther carry forth a burden out of your 

houses on the sabbath-day, neither 

do ye any work, but hallow ye the 

sabbath-day, as I commanded your 

fathers. But they obeyed not, nei- 
ther inclined their ear, but made 

their neck stiff, that they might not 

hear, nor receive instruction. And it 

shall come to pass, if ye diligently 

hearken unto me, saith the Lord, to 

bring in no burden through the gates 

of this city on the sabbath-day, but 

hallow the sabbath-day, to do no 

work therein ; then shall there en- 
ter into the gates of this city kings 

and princes sitting upon the throne 

of David, riding in chariots and on 

horses, they, and TJheir princes, the 

men of Judah, and the inhabitants 

of Jerusalem: and this city shall re- 
main forever. And they shall come 

from the cities of Judah, and from 

the places about Jerusalem, and from 

the land of Benjamin, and from the 



mgs, and sacrifices, and meat-offer- 
ings, and incense, and bringing sa- 
crifices of praise, unto the house of 
the Lord. But if ye will not hearken 
unto me to hallow the sabbath-day, 
and not to bear a burden, even enter- 
ing in at the gates of Jerusalem on 
the sabbath-day ; then will I kindle a 
fire in the gates thereof, and it shall 
devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and 
it shall not be quenched. 

Ezek. 20: 10. Wherefore I caused 
them to go forth out of the land of 
Egypt, and brought them into the 
wilderness. And I gave them my 
statutes, and showed them my judg- 
ments, which if a man do, he shall 
even live in them. Moreover also I 
gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign 
between me and them, that they 
might know that I am the Lord 
that sanctify them. But the house 
of Israel rebelled against me in the 
wilderness : they walked not in my 
statutes, and they despised my judg- 
ments, which if a man do, he shall 
even live in them ; and my sabbaths 
they greatly polluted: then 1 said, I 
would pour out my fury upon them 
in the wilderness, to consume them. 
— 21. Notwithstanding the children 
rebelled against me: they walked 
not in my statutes, neither kept my 
judgments to do them, which if a 
man do, he shall even live in them ; 
they polluted my sabbaths: then I 
said, 1 would pour out my fury upon 
theni; to accomplish my anger against 
them in the wilderness. — 24. Be- 
cause they had not executed my 
judgments, but had despised my 
statutes, and had polluted my sab- 
baths, and their eyes were after 
their fathers' idols. 

22 : 7. In thee have they vexed the 
fatherless and the widow. Thou hast 
despised mine holy things, and hast 
profaned my sabbaths. In thee are 
men that carry tales to shed blood. — 
14. Can thine heart endure, or can 
thine hands be strong, in the days that 
I shall deal with thee ? I the Lord 
have spoken it, and will do it. And 
I will scatter thee among the heathen, 
and disperse thee in the countries, 
and will consume thy filthiness out 
of thee. And thou shalt take thine 
inheritance in thyself in the sight of 
the heathen, and thou shalt know 
that I am the Lord. 



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PARENTS. 



MURDER. 



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23: 39. They have defiled my 
sanctuary in the same day, and have 
profaned my sabbaths. For when 
they had slain their children to their 
idols, then they came the same day 
into my sanctuary to profane it ; and, 
lo, thus have they done in the midst 
of mine house. 



§5. 



■AW OF PARENTAL RELATION. 



Lev. 19:2. Ye shall be holy: for 
I the Lord your God am holy. Ye 
shall fear every man his mother and 
his father, and keep my sabbaths: I 
am the Lord your God. 

20: 9. For every one that curseth 
his father or his mother shall be sure- 
ly put to death : he hath cursed his 
father or his mother ; his blood shall 
be upon him. 

Ex. 21: 15. And he that smiteth 
his father or his mother, shall be 
surely put to death. 

Num. 30: 3. If a woman also vow 
a vow unto the Lord, and bind her- 
self by a bond, being in her father's 
house in her youth ; and her father 
hear her vow, and her bond where- 
with she hath bound her soul, and 
her father shall hold his peace at her ; 
then all her vows shall stand, and 
every bond wherewith she hath bound 
her soul shall stand. But if her father 
disallow her in the day that he hear- 
eth ; not any of her vows, or of her 
bonds wherewith she hath bound her 
soul, shall stand: and the Lord shall 
forgive her, because her father dis- 
allowed her. 



Parental Duty. 

Gen. IS: 19. I know him (Abra- 
ham) that he will command his 
household after him ; and they shall 
keep the way of the Lord, to do jus- 
tice and judgment ; that the Lord 
may bring upon Abraham that which 
he hath spoken of him. 

Deut. 6: 6. These words, which I 
command thee this day, shall be in 
thy heart ; and thou shalt teach them 
diligently unto thy children, and talk 
of them when thou sittest in thine 
house, and when thou walkest by the 
way, and when thou liest down, and 
when thou risest up. 

32: 46. Ye shall command your 



children to do all the words of this 
law. 

Pr. 22: 6. Train up a child in the 
way he should go ; and when he is 
old, he will not depart from it. 

19:18. Chasten thy son while there 
is hope ; and let not thy soul spare, 
for his crying. 

29: 15. The rod and reproof give 
wisdom : but a child left to himself, 
bringeth his mother to shame. 



§ 6. murder. 

Ex. 21: 12. He that smiteth a man, 
so that he die, shall be surely put to 
death. And if a man lie not in wait, 
but God deliver him into his hand ; 
then I will appoint thee a place whith- 
er he shall flee. But if a man come 
presumptuously upon his neighbor, 
to slay him with guile ; thou shalt 
take him from mine altar, that he 
may die. — 18. And if men strive to- 
gether, and one smite another with 
a stone, or with his fist, and he die 
not, but keepeth his bed: if he rise 
again, and walk abroad upon his 
staff, then shall he that smote him be 
quit: only he shall pay for the loss 
of his time, and shall cause him to 
be thoroughly healed. — 22. If men 
strive, and hurt a woman with child, 
so that her fruit depart from her, and 
yet no mischief follow: he shall be 
surely punished, according as the 
woman's husband will lay upon him; 
and he shall pay as the judges deter- 
mine. And if any mischief follow, 
then thou shalt give life for life, eye 
for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for 
hand, foot for foot, burning for burn- 
ing, wound for wound, stripe for 
stripe. 

Num. 35: 16. And if he smite him 
with an instrument of iron, so that 
he die, he is a murderer; the mur- 
derer shall surely be put to death. 
And if he smite him with throwing a 
stone, wherewith he may die, and he 
die, he is a murderer: the murderer 
shall surely be put to death. Or if 
he smite him with an hand weapon 
of wood, wherewith he may die, 
and he die, he is a murderer: the 
murderer shall surely be put to death. 
The revenger of blood himself shall 
slay the murderer: when he meeteth 
him, he shall slay him. But if he 
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by laying of wait, that he die ; or in 
enmity smite him with his hand, that 
he die : he that smote him shall sure- 
ly be jmt to death ; for he is a mur- 
derer: the revenger of blood shall 
slay the murderer when he meeteth 
him But if he thrust him sud- 
denly without enmity, or have cast 
upon him any thing without laying 
of wait, or with any stone, where- 
with a man may die, seeing him not, 
and cast it upon him, that he die, and 
was not his enemy, neither sought his 
harm : then the congregation shall 
judge between the slayer and the re- 
venger of blood according to these 
judgments : and the congregation 
shall deliver the slayer out of the 
hand of the revenger of blood, and 
the congregation shall restore him to 
the city of his refuge, whither he was 
fled. — 30. Whoso killeth any per- 
son, the murderer shall be put to 
death by the mouth of witnesses : but 
one witness shall not testify against 
any person to cause him to die. More- 
over ye shall take no satisfaction for 
the life of a murderer, which is guil- 
ty of death : but he shall be surely 
put to death. And ye shall take no 
satisfaction for him that is fled to the 
city of his refuge, that he should 
come again to dwell in the land, un- 
til the death of the priest. So ye 
shall not pollute the land wherein ye 
are; for blood it defileth the land: 
and the land cannot be cleansed of 
the blood that is shed therein, but by 
the blood of him that shed it. Defile 
not therefore the land which ye shall 
inhabit, wherein I dwell: fori the 
Lord dwell among the children of 
Israel. 

Capital Punishment. 

Gen. 9: 6. Whoso sheddeth man's 
blood, by man shall his blood be 
shed ; for in the image of God made 
he man. 

For idolatry, Deut. 13:10-18. 
To be stoned for blasphemy, Lev. 
24: 13. Stoned for violation of the 
sabbath, Ex. 31:14; 35: 2. For 
cursing or striking a parent, Ex. 
21: 15. For adultery and incest, 
Lev. 20: 10, 11. For man-stealing, 
.Deut. 24 : 7. 



§ 7. LAW OF MALE AND FEMALE. 

Ex. 22: 16. And if a man entice 
a maid that is not betrothed, and lie 
with her, he shall surely endow her 
to be his wife. If her father utterly 
refuse to give her unto him, he shall 
pay money according to the dowry 
of virgins. Whosoever lieth with a 
beast shall surely be put to death. 

Lev. 18: 7. Marriage prohibited 
with father or mother ; father's wife ; 
sister ; son's daughter ; daughter's 
daughter ; father's wife's daughter ; 
father's sister ; mother's sister ; fa- 
ther's brother's wife ; daughter-in- 
law ; brother's wife ; wife's daugh- 
ter, or grand-daughter. — Penalty of 
violation, Death. 20: 11. 

19 : 29. Do not prostitute thy 
daughter, to cause her to be a whore; 
lest the land fall to whoredom, and 
the land become full of wickedness. 
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and rev- 
erence my sanctuary : I am the Lord. 

20: 10. And the man that commit- 
teth adultery with another man's 
wife, even he that committeth adul- 
tery with his neighbor's wife, the 
adulterer and the adulteress shall 
surely be put to death. 

Deut. 25:5. If brethren dwell to- 
gether, and one of them die, and 
have no child, the wife of the dead 
shall not marry without unto a stran- 
ger: her husband's brother shall go 
in unto her, and take her to him 
to wife, and perform the duty 
of an husband's brother unto her. 
And it shall be, that the first-born 
which she beareth, shall succeed in 
the name of his brother which is 
dead, that his name be not put out 
of Israel. 

Deut. 22: 5. The woman shall 
not wear that which pertaineth unto 
a man, neither shall a man put on a 
woman's garment: for all that do so 
are abomination unto the Lord 
thy God. 

24: 1. When a man hath taken a 
wife, and married her, and it come 
to pass that she find no favor in his 
eyes, because he hath found some 
uncleanness in her: then let him 
write her a bill of divorcement, and 
give it in her hand, and send her out 
of his house. And when she is de- 
parted out of his house, she may go 
and be another man's wife. And if 
the latter husband hate her, and 



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MALE AND FEMALE. 



THEFT. 



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write her a bill of divorcement, and 
givcth it in her hand, and sendeth 
her out of his house ; or if the latter 
husband die, which took her to be 
his wife ; her former husband, which 
sent her away, may not take her 
again to be his wife, after that she 
is defiled ; for that is abomina- 
tion before the Lord : and thou shalt 
not cause the land to sin, which the 
Lord thy Godgiveth thee for an in- 
heritance. 

Num. 26: 10. Even as the Lord 
commanded Moses, so did the daugh- 
ters of Zelophehad: for Mahlah, 
Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, 
and Noah, the daughters of Zelo- 
phehad, were married unto their 
father's brother's sons. 

Cases of Violation. 

Shechem and Dinah, Jacob's 
daughter. Gen. 34: 1. 

The Benjamites almost annihi- 
lated. Judg. 19: 20. 

David betrayed into murder by it. 
2 Sain. 11: 2. 

Amnon killed for it. 2 Sam. 13: 
14. 

Solomon's kingdom wrested from 
him in consequence of it. 1 Kings 
11: 1. 

Eli's house blotted out for it. 1 
Sam. 2. 

Num. 30: 6. And if she had at all 
an husband, when she vowed, or ut- 
tered aught out of her lips, where- 
with she bound her soul ; and her 
husband heard it, and held his peace 
at her in the day that he heard it: 
then her vows shall stand, and her 
bonds wherewith she bound her soul 
shall stand. But if her husband dis- 
allowed her on the day that he heard 
it; then he shall make her vow which 
she vowed, and that which she ut- 
tered with her lips, wherewith she 
bound her soul, of none effect: and 
the Lord shall forgive her. But 
every vow of a widow, and of her 
that is divorced, -wherewith they 
have bound their souls, shall stand 
against her. And if she vowed in her 
husband's house, or bound her soul 
by a bond with an oath ; and her 
husband heard it, and held his peace 
at her, and disallowed her not: then 
all her vows shall stand, and every 
bond wherewith she bound her soul 
shall stand. But if her husband hath 
utterly made them void on the day 



he heard them ; then whatsoever 
proceeded out of her lips concerning 
her vows, or concerning the bond of 
her soul, shall not stand: her hus- 
band hath made them void: and the 
Lord shall forgive her. Every vow, 
and every binding oath to afflict the 
soul, her husband may establish it, 
or her husband may make it void. 
But if her husband altogether hold 
his peace at her from day to day ; 
then he establisheth all her vows, or 
all her bonds, which are upon her: 
he confirmeth them, because he held 
his peace at her in the day that he 
heard them. But if he shall any ways 
make them void after that he hath 
heard them ; then he shall bear her 
iniquity. These are the statutes, 
which the Lord commanded Moses, 
between a man and his wife, between 
the father and his daughter, being 
yet in her youth in her father's 
house. 



§ 8. LAW OF THEFT. 

Ex. 22: 1. If a man shall steal an 
ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it ; 
he shall restore five oxen for an ox, 
and four sheep for a sheep. If a 
thief be found breaking up, and be 
smitten that he die, there shall no 
blood be shed for him. If the sun be 
risen upon him, there shall be blood 
shed for him ; for he should make 
full restitution ; if he have nothing, 
then he shall be sold for his theft. 
If the theft be certainly found in his 
hand alive, whether it be ox, or 
ass, or sheep ; he shall restore dou- 
ble. 

Lev. 19: 11. Ye shall not steal, 
neither deal falsely, neither lie one 
to another. 

Ps. 50: 18. When thou sawest a 
thief, then thou consentedst with 
him. . . . But I will reprove thee, 
and set thy sins in order. 

Pr. 29 : 24. Whoso is partner with 
a thief, hateth his own soul. 

Jer. 17: 11. He that getteth rich- 
es, and not by right, shall leave 
them in the midst of his days; and 
at his end shall be a fool. 



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§9. 



LAW OF FALSEHOOD. 



Ex. 23: 1. Thou shalt not raise 
a false report: put not thine hand 
with the wicked to be an unrighteous 
witness. Thou sha'.t not follow a 
multitude to do evil ; neither shalt 
thou speak in a cause to decline 
after many to wrest judgment: nei- 
ther shalt thou countenance a poor 
man in his cause. 

Deut. 19: 16. If a false witness 
rise up against any man to testify 
against him that which is wrong, . . . 
the judges shall make diligent in- 
quisition ; and behold, if the witness 
be a false witness, and hath testified 
falsely against his brother, then shall 
ye do unto him as he thought to do 
unto his brother ; so shalt thou put 
the evil away from among you. 

Lev. 19: 16. Thou shalt not go 
up and down as a tale-bearer among 
thy people. 

Pr. 6: 16. These six things doth 
the Lord hate ; yea, seven are an 
abomination unto him. — 19. A false 
witness that speaketh lies, and sow- 
eth discord among brethren. 

19:5. A false witness shall not be 
unpunished ; and he that speaketh 
lies shall not escape. 

21 : 28. A false witness shall perish. 

25: 18. A man that beareth false 
witness against his neighbor, is a 
maul, and a sword, and a sharp ar- 
row. 



§ 10. LAW OF COVETOUSNESS, OR 
DUTY TO NEIGHBORS. 

Ex. 21 : 28. If an ox gore a man 
or woman, that they die : then the ox 
shall be surely stoned, and his flesh 
shall not be eaten ; but the owner of 
the ox shall be quit. But if the ox 
were wont to push with his horn in 
time past, and it hath been testified 
to his owner, and he hath not kept 
him in, but that he hath killed a man 
or a woman ; the ox shall be stoned, 
and his owner also shall be put to 
death. If there be' laid on him a 
sum of money, then he shall give for 
the ransom of his life whatsoever is 
laid upon him. Whether he have 
gored a son, or have gored a daugh- 
ter, according to this judgment shall 
it be done unto him. If the ox shall 



push a man-servant or maid-servant; 
he shall give unto their master thirty 
shekels of silver, and the ox shall 
be stoned. And if a man shall open 
a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and 
not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall 
therein ; the owner of the pit shall 
make it good, and give money unto 
the owner of them ; and the dead 
beast shall be his. And if one man's 
ox hurt another's, that he die ; then 
they shall sell the live ox, and divide 
the money of it ; and the dead ox 
also shall they divide. Or if it be 
known that the ox hath used to push 
in time past, and his owner hath not 
kept him in ; he shall surely pay ox 
for ox ; and the dead shall be his 
own. 

22 : 5. If a man shall cause a 
field or vineyard to be eaten, and 
shall put in his beast, and shall feed 
in another man's field ; of the best 
of his own field, and of the best of 
his own vineyard shall he make resti- 
tution. If fire break out, and catch 
in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, 
or the standing corn, or the field be 
consumed therewith; he thatkindleth 
the fire shall surely make restitution. 
If a man shall deliver unto his neigh- 
bor money or stuff to keep, and it be 
stolen out of the man's house ; if the 
thief be found, let him pay double. 
If the thief be not found, then the 
master of the house shall be brought 
unto the judges, to see whether he 
have put his hand unto his neigh- 
bor's goods. For all manner of tres- 
pass, whether it be for ox, for ass, 
for sheep, for raiment, or for any 
manner of lost thing, which another 
challengeth to be his, the cause of 
both parties shall come before the 
judges ; and whom the judges shall 
condemn, he shall pay double unto 
his neighbor. If a man deliver unto 
his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a 
sheep, or any beast, to keep ; and it 
die, or be hurt, or driven away, no 
man seeing it : then shall an oath of 
the Lord be between them both, that 
he hath not put his hand unto his 
neighbor's goods ; and the owner of 
it shall accept thereof, and he shall 
not make it good. And if it be stolen 
from him, he shall make restitution 
unto the owner thereof. If it be torn 
in pieces, then let him bring it for 
witness, and he shall not make good 
that which was torn. And if a man 
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be hurt, or die, the owner thereof j 
being not with it, he shall surely j 
make it good. But if the owner 
thereof be with it, he shall not make 
it good: if it be an hired thing, it \ 
came for his hire. — 21. Thou shalt 
neither vex a stranger, nor oppress 
him: for ye were strangers in the 
land of Egypt. Ye shall not afflict 
any widow, or fatherless child. If 
thou afflict them in any wise, and 
They cry at all unto me, I will surely 
hear their cry ; and my wrath shall 
wax hot, and I will kill you with the 
sword ; and your wives shall be wid- 
ows, and your children fatherless. If 
thou lend money to any of my people 
that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be 
to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou 
lay upon him usury. If thou at all 
take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, 
thou shalt deliver it unto him by that 
the sun goeth down : for that is his 
covering only, it is his raiment for 
his skin : wherein shall he sleep? 
and it shall come to pass, when he 
crieth unto me, that I will hear ; for 
I am gracious. 

IF 23: 4. If thou meet thine enemy's 
ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt 
surely bring it back to him again. If 
thou see the ass of him that hateth 
thee lying under his burden, and 
wouldest forbear to help him, thou 
shalt surely help with him. Thou 
shalt not wrest the judgment of thy 
poor in his cause. Keep thee far 
from a false matter ; and the inno- 
cent and righteous slay thou not: for 
I will not justify the wicked. And 
thou shalt take no gift: for the gift 
blindeth the wise, and perverteth 
the words of the righteous. Also 
thou shalt not oppress a stranger: 
for ye know the heart of a stranger, 
seeing ye were strangers in the land 

of Egypt. 

Lev. 6: 1. And the Lord spake 
unto Moses, saying, If a soul sin, 
and commit a trespass against the 
Lord, and lie unto his neighbor in 
that which was delivered him to 
keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing 
taken away by violence, or hath de- 
ceived his neighbor ; or have found 
that which was lost, and lieth con- 
cerning it, and sweareth falsely ; in 
any of all these that a man doeth, 
sinning therein: then it shall be, be- 
cause he hath sinned and is guilty, 
that he shall restore that which he 



took violently away, or the thing 
which he hath deceitfully gotten, or 
that which was delivered him to 
keep,, or the lost thing which he 
found, or all that about which he 
hath sworn falsely ; he shall even 
restore it in the principal, and shall 
add the fifth part more thereto, and 
give it unto him to whom it apper- 
tained, in the day of his trespass- 
offering. 

19 : 9. And when ye reap the 
harvest of your land, thou shalt 
not wholly reap the corners of thy 
field, neither shalt thou gather the 
gleanings of thy harvest. And thou 
shalt not glean thy vineyard; neither 
shalt thou gather every grape of thy 
vineyard ; thou shalt leave them for 
the poor and stranger; I am the Lord 
your God. — 13. Thou shalt not de- 
fraud thy neighbor, neither rob him: 
the wages of him that is hired shall 
not abide with thee all night until the 
morning. Thou shalt not curse the 
deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before 
the blind, but shalt fear thy God : I am 
the Lord. Ye shall do no unright- 
eousness in judgment: thou shalt not 
respect the person of the poor, nor 
honor the person of the mighty: but 
in righteonsness shalt thou judge thy 
neighbor. . . Neither shalt thou stand 
against the blood of thy neighbor: 
I am the Lord. Thou shalt not hate 
thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt 
in anywise rebuke thy neighbor, and 
not suffer sin upon him. Thou shalt 
not avenge, nor bear any grudge 
against the children of thy people, 
but thou shalt love thy neighbor as 
thyself : I am the Lord. . . . Thou 
shalt rise up before the hoary head, 
and honor the face of the old man, 
and fear thy God : I am the Lord. 
And if a stranger sojourn with thee 
in your land, ye shall npt vex him. 
But the stranger that dwelleth with 
you shall be unto you as one born 
among you, and thou shalt love him 
as thyself; for ye were strangers in 
the land of Egypt: I am the Lord 
your God. Ye shall do no unright- 
eousness in judgment, in mete-yard, 
in weight, or in measure. Just bal- 
ances, just weights, a just ephah, 
and a just hin, shall ye have: I am 
the Lord your God, which brought 
you out of the land of Egypt. 
Therefore shall ye observe all my 
statutes, and all my judgments, and 
do them: I am the Lord. 



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24 : 22. Ye shall have one man- 
ner of law, as well for the stranger, 
as for one of your own country : for 
I am the Lord your God. 

IT Deut. 15:1. At the end of e^eny 
seven years thou shalt make a re- 
lease. And this is the manner of 
the release : Every creditor that lend- 
eth aught unto his neighbor shall re- 
lease it ; he shall not exact it of his 
neighbor, or of his brother ; because 
it is called the Lord's release. Of 
a foreigner thou mayest exact it 
again: but that which is thine with 
thy brother thine hand shall release ; 
save when there shall be no poor 
among you ; for the Lord shall 
greatly bless thee in the land which 
the Lord thy God giveth thee for 
an inheritance to possess it : only if 
thou carefully hearken unto the voice 
of the Lord thy God, to observe to 
do all these commandments which I 
command thee this day. For the 
Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he 
promised thee : and thou shalt lend 
unto many nations, but thou shalt 
not borrow ; and thou shalt reign 
over many nations, but they shall not 
reign over thee. If there be among 
you a poor man of one of thy breth 
ren within any of thy gates, in thy 
land which the Lord thy God giveth 
thee, thou shalt not harden thine 
heart, nor shut thine hand from thy 
poor brother : but thou shalt open 
thine hand wide unto him, and shalt 
surely lend him sufficient for his 
need, in that which he wanteth. Be- 
ware that there be not a thought in 
thy wicked heart, saying, The sev- 
enth year, the year of release, is at 
hand ; and thine eye be evil against 
thy poor brother, and thou givest 
him nought : and he cry unto the 
Lord against thee, and it be sin unto 
thee. Thou shalt surely give him ; 
and thine heart shall not be grieved 
when thou givest unto him: because 
that for this thing the Lord thy God 
shall bless thee in all thy works, and 
in all that thou puttest thine hand 
unto. For the poor shall never cease 
out of the land ^--therefore I com- 
mand thee, saying, Thou shalt open 
thine hand wide unto thy brother, to 
thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy 
land. 

22: 1. Thou shalt not see thy 
brother's ox or his sheep go astray, 
and hide thyself from them : thou 



shalt in any case bring them' again 
unto thy brother. And if thy brother 
be not nigh unto thee, or if thou 
know him not, then thou shalt bring 
it unto thine own house, and it shall 
be with thee, until thy brother seek 
after it, and thou shalt restore it to 
him again. In like manner shalt 
thou do with his ass ; and so shalt 
thou do with his raiment ; and with 
all lost things of thy brother's, which 
he hath lost, and thou hast found, 
shalt thou do likewise : thou mayest 
not hide thyself. Thou shalt not 
see thy brother's ass or his ox fall 
down by the way, and hide thyself 
from them: thou shalt surely help 
him to lift them up again. 

23: 19. Thou shalt not lend upon 
usury to thy brother: usury of mo- 
ney, usury of victuals, usury of any 
thing that is lent upon usury: unto 
a stranger thou mayest lend upon 
usury ; but unto thy brother thou 
shalt not lend upon usury. 

U 24: 16. The fathers shall not be 
put to death for the children, neither 
shall the children be put to death 
for the fathers: every man shall be 
put to death for his own sin. Thou 
shalt not pervert the judgment of 
the stranger, nor of the fatherless; 
nor take the widow's raiment to 
pledge : but thou shalt remember 
that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, 
and the Lord thy God redeemed 
thee thence: therefore I command 
thee to do this thing. When thou 
cuttest down thine harvest in thy 
field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the 
field, thou shalt not go again to fetch 
it: it shall be for the stranger, for 
the fatherless, and for the widow: 
that the Lord thy God may bless 
thee in all the work of thine hands. 
When thou beatest thine olive tree, 
thou shalt not go over the boughs 
again: it shall be for the stranger, 
for the fatherless, and for the widow. 
When thou gatherest the grapes of 
thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean 
it afterward : it shall be for the 
stranger, for the fatherless, and for 
the widow. And thou shalt remem- 
ber that thou wast a bondman in the 
land of Egypt : therefore I com- 
mand thee to do this thing. 

25: 1. If there be a controversy 
between men, and they come unto 
judgment, that the judges may judge 
them : then they shall justify the 



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righteous, and condemn the wicked. 
And it shall be, if the wicked man 
be worthy to he beaten, that the 
judge shall cause him to lie down, 
and to be beaten before his face, ac- 
cording to his fault, by a certain 
number. Forty stripes he may give 
him, and not exceed : lest if he 
should exceed, and beat him above 
these with many stripes, then thy 
brother should seem vile unto thee. 
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when 
he treadeth out the corn. 

25: 13. Thou shalt not have in 
thy bag divers weights, a great and 
a small. Thou shalt not have in 
thine house divers measures, a great 
and a small. But thou shalt have a 
perfect and just weight, a perfect 
and just measure shalt thou have: 
that thy days may be lengthened in 
the land which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee, for all that do such 
things, anddU that do unrighteously, 
are an abomination unto the Lord 
thy God. 

19: 14. Thou shalt not remove 
thy neighbor's landmark, which 
they of old time have set in thine 
inheritance, which thou shalt in- 
herit in the land that the Lord 
thy God giveth thee to possess it. 
— 6. If a bird's nest chance to 
be before thee in the way in any 
tree, or on the ground, ivkether they 
be young ones, or eggs, and the dam 
sitting upon the young, or upon the 
. thou shalt not take the dam 
with the young: but thou shalt in 
any wise let the dam go, and take 
the young to thee ; that it may be 
well with thee, and that thou mayest 
prolong thy days. When thou build- 
e8t a new house, then thou shalt 
make a battlement for thy roof, that 
thou bring not blood upon thine 
house, if any man fall from thence. 
Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard 
with divers seeds ; lest the fruit of 
thy seed which thou hast sown, and 
the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. 
Thou shalt not plow with an ox 
and an ass together. Thou shalt 
not wear a garment of divers sorts, 
as of woollen and linen together. 

24: 6. No man shall take the 
nether or the upper mill-stone to 
pledge : for he taketh a man's life to 
pledge. — 10. When thou dost lend 
thy brother any thing, thou shalt not 
go into his house to fetch his pledge. 
Thou shalt stand abroad, and the 
9 



man to whom thou dost lend shall 
bring out the pledge abroad unto 
thee. And if the man be poor, thou 
shalt not sleep with his pledge: in 
any case thou shalt deliver him the 
pledge again when the sun goeth 
down, that he may sleep in his own 
raiment, and bless thee : and it shall 
be righteousness unto thee before 
the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not 
oppress an hired servant that is poor 
and needy, whether he be of thy 
brethren, or of thy strangers that 
are in thy land within thy gates: at 
his day thou shalt g'we him his hire, 
neither shall the sun go down upon 
it'; for he is poor, and setteth hia 
heart upon it: lest he cry against 
thee unto the Lord, and it be sin 
unto thee. 



§ 11, LAW OF MASTER AND SERVANT, 

Ex. 21 : 2. If thou boy an He- 
brew servant, six years he shall 
serve: and in the seventh he shall 
go out free for nothing. If he came 
in by himself, he shall go out. by him- 
self : if he were married, then his 
wife shall go out with him. If his 
master hath given him a wife, and she 
hath borne him sons or daughters j 
the wife and her children shall be 
her master's, and he shall go out by 
himself. And if the servant shall 
plainly say, I love my master, my 
wife, and my children 5 I will not go 
out free: then his master shall bring 
him unto the judges : he shall also 
bring him to the door, or unto the 
door-post; and his mastershallbore 
his ear through with an awl ; and 
he shall serve him forever. And if 
a man sell his daughter to be a maid- 
servant, she shall not go out as the 
men-servants do. If she please not 
her master, who hath betrothed her 
to himself, then shall he let her be 
redeemed: to sell her unto a strange 
nation he shall have no power, see- 
ing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. 
And if he have betrothed her unto 
his son, he shall deal with her after 
the manner of daughters. If he 
take him another wife; her food, 
her raiment, and her duty of mar- 
riage shall he not diminish. And 
if he do not these three unto her, 
then shall she go out free without 
money. — 16. And he that stealeth 



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a man, and selleth him, or if he be 
found in his hand, he shall surely 
be put to death. — 20. And if a man 
smite his servant, or his maid, with 
a rod, and he die under his hand ; 
he shall be surely punished. Not- 
withstanding, if he continue a day 
or two, he shall not be punished: 
for he is his money. — 26. And if a 
man smite the eye of his servant, 
or the eye of his maid, that it perish; 
he shall let him go free for his eye's 
sake. And if he smite out his man- 
servant's tooth, or his maid-ser- 
vant's tooth ; he shall let him go 
free for his tooth's sake. 

22: 28. Thou shalt not revile 
the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy 
people. 

Lev. 25: 39. And if thy brother 
that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, 
and be sold unto thee ; thou shalt 
not compel him to serve as a bond- 
servant : but as an hired servant, 
and as a sojourner, he shall be with 
thee, and shall serve thee unto the 
year of jubilee: and then shall he 
depart from thee, both he and his 
children with him, and shall return 
unto his own family, and unto the 
possession of his fathers shall he 
return. For they are my servants, 
which I brought forth out of the 
land of Egypt: they shall not be 
sold as bondmen. Thou shalt not 
rule over him with rigor; but shalt 
fear thy God. Both thy bondmen, 
and thy bondmaids, which thou 
shalt have, shall be of the heathen 
that are round about you ; of them 
shall ye buy bondmen and bond- 
maids. Moreover of the children 
of the strangers that do sojourn 
among you, of them shall ye buy, 
and of their families that are 
with you, which they begat in 
your land: and they shall be your 
possession. And ye shall take them 
as an inheritance for your children 
after you, to inherit them for a pos- 
session ; they shall be your bond- 
men forever: but over your brethren 
the children of Israel, ye shall not 
rule one over another with rigor. 
And if a sojournert>r stranger wax 
rich by thee, and thy brother that 
dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell 
himself unto the stranger or so- 
journer by thee, or to the stock of 
the stranger's family: after that he 
is sold he may be redeemed again ; 
one of his brethren may redeem 



him: either his uncle or his uncle's 
son may redeem him, or any that is 
nigh of kin unto him of his family 
may redeem him ; or if he be able, 
he may redeem himself. And he 
shall reckon with him that bought 
him from the year that he was sold 
to him unto the year of jubilee: 
and the price of his sale shall be 
according unto the number of years, 
according to the time of an hired ser- 
vant shall it be with him. If there be 
yet many years behind, according un- 
to them he shall give again the price 
of his redemption out of the money 
that he was bought for. And if there 
remain but few years unto the year 
of jubilee, then he shall count with 
him, and according unto his years 
shall he give him again the price of 
his redemption. And as a yearly 
hired servant shall he be with him: 
and the other shall not rule with 
rigor over him in thy sight. And if 
he be not redeemed in these years, 
then he shall go out in the year of 
jubilee, both he, and his children 
with him. For unto me the children 
of Israel are servants ; they are my 
servants whom I brought forth out 
of the land of Egypt: I am the 
Lord your God. 

11 Deut. 15: 12. And if thy bro- 
ther, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew 
woman, be sold unto thee, and serve 
thee six years ; then in the seventh 
year thou shalt Jet him go free from 
thee. And when thou sendest him 
out free from thee, thou shalt not 
let him go away empty: thou shalt 
furnish him liberally out of thy 
flock, and out of thy floor, and out 
of thy wine-press: of that wherewith 
the Lord thy God hath blessed thee 
thou shalt give unto him. 

23: 15. Thou shalt not deliver 
unto his master the servant which 
is escaped from his master unto 
thee: he shall dwell with thee, even 
among you, in that place which he 
shall choose in one of thy gates, 
where it liketh him best: thou shalt 
not oppress him. 

24:7. If a man be found stealing 
any of his brethren of the children 
of Israel, and maketh merchandise 
of him, or selleth him ; then that 
thief shall die ; and thou shalt 
put evil away from amoug you. — 
14. Thou shalt not oppress an hired 
servant that is poor and needy, 



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LAW OF INHERITANCE. JUBILEE. 



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whether he be of thy brethren, or of 
thy strangers that are in thy land 
within thy gates: at his day thou 
shalt give him his hire, neither shall 
the sun go down upon it ; for he 
is poor and setteth his heart upon 
it: lest he cry against thee unto the 
Lord, and it he sin unto thee. 

25: 4. Thou shalt not muzzle the 
ox when he treadeth out the corn. 

Jer. 34:13. Thus saith the Lord, 
the God of Israel ; I made a cove- 
nant with your fathers in the day 
that I brought them forth out of the 
land of Egypt, out of the house of 
bondmen, saying, At the end of seven 
years let ye go every man his brother 
an Hebrew, which hath been sold 
unto thee ; and when he hath served 
thee six years, thou shalt let him go 
free from thee. But your fathers 
barkened not unto me, neither in- 
clined their ear. And ye were now 
turned, and had done right in my 
sight, in proclaiming liberty every 
man to his neighbor; and ye had 
made a covenant before me. in the 
house which is called by my name: 
but ye turned and polluted my name, 
and caused every <inan his servant, 
and every man his handmaid, whom 
he had set at liberty at their pleas- 
ure, to return, and brought them into 
subjection, to be unto you for ser- 
vants and for handmaids. There- 
fore thus saith the Lord ; Ye have 
nor barkened unto me, in proclaim- 
ing liberty, every one to his brother, 
and every man to his neighbor: be- 
hold, I proclaim a liberty for t you, 
saith the Lord, to the sword, to the 
pestilence, and to the famine ; and 
1 will make you to be removed into 
all the kingdoms of the earth. 



§ 12. LAW OF INHERITANCE. 

Lev. 25: 8. And thou shalt num- 
ber seven sabbaths of years unto 
thee, seven times seven years ; and 
the space of the seven sabbaths of 
years shall be unto thee forty-and- 
nine years. Then shalt thou cause 
the trumpet of the jubilee to sound, 
on the tenth day of the seventh 
month, in the day of atonement 
shall ye make the trumpet sound 
throughout all your land. And ye 
shall hallow the fiftieth year, and j 
proclaim liberty throughout all the 



land unto all the inhabitants thereof; 
it shall be a jubilee unto you ; and 
ye shall return every man unto his 
possession, and ye shall return every 
man unto his family. A jubilee shall 
that fiftieth year be unto you: ye 
shall not sow, neither reap that 
which groweth of itself in it, nor 
gather the grapes in it of thy vine 
undressed. For it is the jubilee ; 
it shall be holy unto you: ye shall 
eat the increase thereof out of the 
field. In the year of this jubilee ye 
shall return every man unto his pos- 
session. And if thou sell aught 
unto thy neighbor, or buyest aught 
of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not 
oppress one another: according to 
the number of years after the jubi- 
lee thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, 
and according unto the number of 
years of the fruits he shall sell unto 
thee: according to the multitude of 
years thou shalt increase the price 
thereof, and according to the few- 
ness of years thou shalt diminish 
the price of it: for according to the 
number of the years of the fruits 
doth he sell unto thee. Ye shall not 
therefore oppress one another ; but 
thou shalt fear thy God: for I am 
the Lord your God. — 23. The land 
shall not be sold forever : for the 
land is mine ; for ye are strangers 
and sojourners with me. And in all 
the land of your possession ye shall 
grant a redemption for the land. If 
thy brother be waxen poor, and hath 
sold away some of his possession, 
and if any of his kin come to re- 
deem it, then shall he redeem that 
which his brother sold. And if the 
man have none to redeem it, and 
himself be able to redeem it ; then 
let him count the years of the sale 
thereof, and restore the overplus 
unto the man to whom he sold it ; 
that he may return unto his posses- 
sion. But if he be not able to re- 
store it to him, then that which is 
sold shall remain in the hand of him 
that hath bought it until the year of 
jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall 
go out, and he shall return unto his 
possession. And if a man sell a 
dwelling-house in a walled city, then, 
he may redeem it within a whole 
year after it is sold. 

Num. 27: 4. Why should the 
name of our father be done away 
from among his family, because he 
hath no son ? Give unto us there' 



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fore a possession among'the brethren 
of our father. And Moses brought 
their cause before the Lord. And 
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
The daughters of Zelophehad speak 
right: thou shalt surely give them a 
possession of an inheritance among 
their father's brethren ; and thou 
shalt cause the inheritance of their 
father to pass unto them. And thou 
shalt speak unto the children of 
Israel, saying, If a man die, and 
have no son, then ye shall cause his 
inheritance to pass unto his daugh- 
ter. And if he have no daughter, 
then ye shall give his inheritance 
unto his brethren. And if he have 
no brethren, then ye shall give his 
inheritance unto his father's breth- 
ren. And if his father have no 
brethren, then ye shall give his in- 
heritance unto his kinsman that is 
next to him of his family,] and he 
shall possess it: and it shall be unto 
the children of Israel a statute of 
judgment, as the Lord commanded 
Moses. 

Deut. 21 : 17. The first born 
shall receive a double portion of all 
that he hath. 



§ 13. JUDICIARY SYSTEM. 

Ex. 18: 13. And it came to pass 
on the morrow, that Moses sat to 
judge the people: and the people 
stood by Moses from the morning 
unto the evening. And when Moses' 
father-in-law saw all that he did to 
the people, he said, What is this 
thing that thou doest to the people ? 
why sittest thou thyself alone, and 
all the people stand by thee from 
morning unto even ? And Moses 
said unto his father-in-law, Because 
the people come unto me to inquire 
of God: when they have a matter, 
they come unto me ; and I judge be- 
tween one and another, and I do 
make them know the statutes of 
God, and his laws. And Moses' 
father-in-law said unto him, The 
thing that thou doest is not good. 
Thou wilt surely wear away, both 
thou, and this people that is with 
thee: for this thing is too heavy for 
thee ; thou art not able to perform 
it thyself alone. Hearken now unto 
my voice, I will give thee counsel, 
and God shall be with thee : be thou 



for the people to God ward, that thou 
mayest bring the causes unto God: 
and thou shalt teach them ordinan- 
ces and laws, and shalt show them 
the way wherein they must walk, 
and the work that they must do. 
Moreover thou shalt provide out of 
all the people able men, such as fear 
God, men of truth, hating covetous- 
ness ; and place such over them, to 
be rulers of thousands, and rulers of 
hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers 
of tens: and let them judge the peo- 
ple at all seasons: and it shall be, 
that every great matter they shall 
bring unto thee, but every small 
matter they shall judge: so shall it 
be easier for thyself, and they shall 
bear the burden with thee. If thou 
shalt do this thing, and God com- 
mand thee so, then thou shalt be 
able to endure, and all this people 
shall also go to their place in peace. 
So Moses hearkened to the voice of 
his father-in-law, and did all that he 
.had said. And Moses chose able 
men out of all Israel, and made 
them heads over the people, rulers 
of thousands, rulers of hundreds, 
rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 
And they judged the people at all 
seasons : the hard causes they 
brought unto Moses, but every small 
matter they judged themselves. 

Deut. 16: 18. Judges and officers 
shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, 
which the Lord thy God giverh thee, 
throughout thy tribes: and they shall 
judge the people with just judgment. 
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou 
shalt not respect persons, neither 
take a gift: for a gift doth blind the 
eyes of the wise, and pervert the 
words of the righteous. That which 
is altogether just shalt thou follow, 
that thou mayest live, and inherit 
the land which the Lord thy God 
giveth the-e. 



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CHAPTER IV. 

MORALITY OF THE GOSPEL I OR 
our savior's CONSTRUCTION 
OF THE MORAL LAW. 

§ 1. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 

I. Perpetual obligation of the Moral 
Law. 

Mat. 5: 17. Think not that I am 
come to destroy the law or the proph- 
ets: I am not come to destroy, but 
to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, 
Till heaven and earth pass, one jot 
or one tittle shall in no wise pass 
from the law, till all be fulfilled. 
Whosoever, therefore, shall break 
one of these least commandments, 
and shall teach men so, he shall be 
called the least in the kingdom of 
heaven: but whosoever shall do and 
teach them, the same shall be called 
great in the kingdom of Heaven. 
For I say unto you, That except 
your righteousness shall exceed the 
righteousness of the scribes and Phar- 
isees, ye shall in no case enter into 
the kingdom of heaven. 

Luke 16: 16. The law and the 
prophets were until John: since that 
time the kingdom of God is preach- 
ed, and every man presseth into it. 
And it is easier for heaven and earth 
to pass, than one tittle of the law 
to tail. 

II. Extent of Moral Obligation. 

Mat. 7: 12. Therefore all things 
whatsoever ye would that men should 
do to you, do ye even so to them: 
for this is the law and the prophets. 

29: 37. Jesus said unto him, 
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God 
with all thy heart, and with all thy 
soul, and with all thy mind. This is 
the first and great commandment. 
And the second is like unto it, Thou 
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 
On these two commandments hang 
all the law and the prophets. 

Mark 7: 7. Howbeit, in vain do 
they worship me, teaching for doc- 
trines the commandments of men. 
For laying aside the commandment 
of God, ye hold the tradition of men, 
as the washing of pots and cups: 
and many other such like things ye 



do. And he said unto them, Full 
well ye reject the commandment of 
God, that ye may keep your own 
tradition. — 14. And when he had 
called all the people unto him, he 
said unto them, Hearken unto me, 
every one of you, and understand : 
There is nothing from without a man, 
that entering into him can defile him; 
but the things which come out of him, 
those are they that defile the man. 
If any man hath ears to hear let him 
hear. And when he was entered in- 
to the house from the people, his 
disciples asked him concerning the 
parable. And he saith unto them, 
Are ye so without understanding 
also? Do ye not perceive, that 
whatsoever thing from without en- 
tereth into the man, it cannot defile 
him: because it entereth not into 
his heart, but into the belly, and 
goeth out into the draught, purging 
all meats? And he said, That which 
cometh out of the man, that defileth 
the man. For from within, out 
of the heart of men, proceed evil 
thoughts, adulteries, murders, thefts, 
covetousness, wickedness, deceit, las- 
civiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, 
pride, foolishness : all these evil 
things come from within, and defile 
the man. 

Luke 6: 81. And as ye would 
that men should do to you, do ye 
also to them likewise. 

10: 29. But he, willing to justify 
himself, said unto Jesus, And who 
is my neighbor? And Jesus answer- 
ing, said, A certain man went down 
from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell 
among thieves, which stripped him 
of his raiment, and wounded him, 
and departed, leaving him half dead. 
And by chance there came down a 
certain priest that way ; and when 
he saw him, he passed by on the 
other side. And likewise a Levite, 
when he was at the place, came and 
looked on him, and passed by on the 
other side. But a certain Samaritan, 
as he journeyed, came where he 
was: and when he saw him, he had 
compassion on him ; and went to 
him, and bound up his wounds, pour- 
ing in oil and w r ine, and set him on 
his own beast, and brought him to 
an inn, and took care of him. And 
on the morrow, when he departed, 
he took out two pence, and gave 
them to the host, and said unto him, 
Take care of him: and whatsoever 



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thou spendest more, when I come 
again I will repaythee. Which now 
of these three, thinkest thou, was 
neighbor unto him thatfell among the 
thieves? And he said, he that show- 
ed mercy on him. Then said Jesus 
unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. 

IT Rom. 7: 7. What shall we say 
then? Is the law sin? God forbid. 
Nay, I had not known sin, but by the 
law: for I had not known lust, ex- 
cept the law had said, Thou shalt 
not covet. But sin, taking occasion 
by the commandment, wrought in 
me all manner of concupiscence. 
For without the law, sin was dead. 
For I was alive without the law 
once : but when the commandment 
came, sin revived, and I died. And 
the commandment which was ordain- 
ed to life, I found to be unto death. 
For sin, taking occasion by the com- 
mandment, deceived me, and by 
it slew me. Wherefore the law is 
holy, and the commandment holy, 
and just, and good. 

Gal. 5: 14. For all the law is 
fulfilled in one word, even in this: 
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy- 
self. 

1 Tim. 1 : 8. But we know that 
the law is good, if a man use it law- 
fully ; knowing this that the law is 
not made for a righteous man, but 
for the lawless and disobedient, for 
the ungodly and for sinners, for un- 
holy and profane, for murderers of 
fathers, and murderers of mothers, 
for man-slayers, for whoremongers, 
for them that defile themselves with 
mankind, for men-stealers, for liars, 
for perjured persons, and if there be 
any other thing that is contrary to 
sound doctrine. 

James 2: 10. For whosoever shall 
keep the whole law, and yet offend 
in one point, he is guilty of all. 

2 Peter 1: 5. And besides this, 
giving all diligence, add to your 
faith, virtue ; and to virtue, knowl- 
edge ; and to knowledge, temper- 
ance ; and to temperance, patience ; 
and to patience, godliness ; and to 
godliness, brotherly kindness ; and 
to brotherly kindness, charity. For 
if these things be in you, and abound, 
they make you that ye shall neither 
be barren nor unfruitful in the knowl- 
edge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But 
he that lacketh these things is blind, j 
and cannot sec afar off; and hath for- i 



gotten that he was purged from his 
old sins. 



§ 2. EXPOSITION OF THE FIRST AND 
SECOND COMMANDMENTS. 

Mat. 22: 37. Thou shalt love 
the Lord thy God, with all thy heart 
and with all thy soul and with all 
thy mind. This is the first and great 
commandment. 

Mark 12: 29. Hear, Israel, the 
Lord our God is one Lord. 

Mat. 4: 10. It is written, Thou 
shalt worship the Lord thy God, and 
him only shalt thou serve, 

6: 24. No man can serve two 
masters. For either he will hate the 
one and love the other, or else he 
will hold to the one and despise the 
other. Ye cannot serve God and 
Mammon. 

John 14: 15. If ye love me, keep 
my commandments. 

15: 10. If ye keep my command- 
ments, ye shall abide in my love. 

14: 23. If a man love me, he will 
keep my words, and my Father will 
love him. He that loveth me not 
keepeth not my sayings. 

1 John 5: 3. For this is the love 
of God, that we keep his command- 
ments. 

Rom. 1 : 20. They are without ex- 
cuse 5 because that, when they knew 
God, they glorified him not as God, 
neither were thankful, but became 
vain in their imaginations. — 23. 
And changed the glory of the incor- 
ruptible God into an image made 
like to corruptible man, &,c. 

2 Cor. 6: 16. What agreement 
hath the temple of God with idols? 

1 John 5: 21. Little children, 
keep yourselves from idols. 



§ 3. OF PROFANENESS. 

Mat. 5: 33. Ye have heard that 
it hath been said by them of old 
time, Thou shalt not forswear thy- 
self, but shalt perform unto the 
Lord, thine oaths : but I say unto 
you, Swear not at all: neither by 
heaven, for it is God's throne: nor 
by the earth, for it is his foot-stool: 
neither by Jerusalem, for it is the 
city of the great king. Neither shalt 



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OF THE MORAL LAW. 



THE SABBATH. 



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thou swear by thy head, because 
thou canst not make one hair white 
or black. But let your communica- 
tion be yea, yea ; nay, nay: for what- 
soever is more than these coineth of 
evil. 

23: 16. Woe unto you, ye blind 
guides ; which say, Whosoever 
shall swear by the temple, it is 
nothing ; but whosoever shall swear 
by the gold of the temple, he is a 
debtor. Ye fools and blind! For 
whether is greater the gold, or the 
temple that sanctifieth the gold? 
And, Whosoever shall swear by the 
altar, it is nothing ; but whosoever 
sweareth by the gift that is upon it, 
he is guilty. Ye fools and blind! 
For whether is greater, the gift or 
the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 
Whoso, therefore, shall swear by 
the altar sweareth by it, and by all 
thifigs thereon ; and whoso shall 
swear by the temple, sweareth by it, 
and by him that dwelleth therein. 
And he that shall swear by heaven, 
sweareth by the throne of God, and 
by him that sitteth thereon. 

James 5: 12. But above all things, 
my brethren, swear not; neither by 
heaven, neither by the earth, neither 
by any other oath. But let your yea, 
be yea, and your nay, nay ; lest ye 
fall into condemnation. 

Hf.e. 6: 13. For when God made 
promise to Abraham, because he 
could swear by no greater, he sware 
by himself. — 16. For men verily 
swear by the greater, and an oath for 
confirmation is to them an end of all 
strife ; wherein God, willing more 
abundantly to show unto the heirs of 
promise the immutability of his coun- 
sel, confirmed it by an oath ; that by 
two immutable things, in which it 
was impossible for God to lie, we 
might have a strong consolation who 
hai e fled for refuge to lay hold upon 
the hope set before us. 

( This is all the authority for judi- 
cial oaths.) 



§ 4. THE SABEATH. 

Mat. 12: 7. I will have mercy 
and not sacrifice. — 12. It is lawful 
to do well on the sabbath-day. 

Mark 2: 27. He said unto them, 
the sabbath was made for man, and 
not man for the sabbath. Therefore 



! the Son of man is Lord also of the 
| sabbath. (Luke 6: 1-5.) 

3: 1. And he entered again 
into the synagogue: and there was a 
I man there which had a withered 
hand. And they watched him, wheth- 
er he would heal him on the sabbath- 
day ; that they might accuse him. 
And he saith unto the man which had 
the withered hand, Stand forth. And 
he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do 
good on the sabbath-days, or to do 
evil? to save life, or to kill? but they 
held their peace. And when he had 
looked round about on them with 
anger, being grieved for the hard- 
ness of their hearts, he saith unto 
the man, Stretch forth thy hand. 
And he stretched it out: and his hand 
was restored whole as the other. 
(Luke 6:6.) 

Luke 13: 10. And he was teaching 
in one of their synagogues on the 
sabbath. — 15. The Lord answered 
him (the ruler of the synagogue,) and 
said, Thou hypocrite ! Doth not 
each one of you on the sabbath loose 
his ox or his ass from the stall and 
lead him away to watering? And 
ought not this woman, whom Satan 
hath bound, lo these eighteen years, 
be loosed from this bond on the sab- 
bath-day? And when he bad said 
these things, all his adversaries were 
ashamed. 

John 5: 10. The Jews, therefore 
said unto him that was cured, It is the 
sabbath-day ; it is not lawful for thee 
to carry thy bed. He answered 
them, He that made me whole, the 
same said unto me, Take up thv bed 
and walk. — 16. Therefore did the 
Jews persecute Jesus and sought to 
kill him . . . but Jesus answered them, 
My Father worketh hitherto, and I 
work. 

9: 14. It was the sabbath-day 
when Jesus made the clay, and open- 
ed his eyes. 

Acts 13: 14. (Paul) went into the 
synagogue upon the sabbath-day and 
[preached.]— 42. The Gentiles be- 
sought that these words might be 
preached unto them the next sab- 
bath. — 44. And the next sabbath- 
day came almost the whole city to- 
gether, to hear the word of God. 

16: 13. And on the sabbath, 
we went out of the city by a river- 
side, where prayer was wont to be 
made, and we sat down and spake 
unto the women that resorted thither. 



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18: 4. And he reasoned in the 
synagogue every sabbath (for a year 
and six months, v. 11.) and persuad- 
ed the Jews and the Greeks. 

17: 2. Paul, as his manner was, 
went in unto them, and three sabbath- 
days reasoned with them out of the 
scriptures. 

Luke 4: 16. Jesus, as his custom 
was, went into the synagogues on 
the sabbath-day. — 31. He came 
down to Capernaum and taught them 
on the sabbath-days. 

23: 56. They returned and pre- 
pared spices, and ointments, and 
rested the sabbath-day according to 
the commandment. 

First Bay of the Week. 

Mark 2: 28. The Son of man is 
Lord also of the sabbath. 

Gen. 2: 3. God Blessed the sev- 
enth day, and sanctified it, because 
that in it God rested from all his 
works. 

Is a. 65: 17. For behold I create 
new heavens and a new earth ; and 
the former shall not be remembered 
nor come to mind. But be ye glad 
and rejoice forever in that which I 
create ; for behold I create Jerusa- 
lem a rejoicing and her people a joy. 

Heb. 3: 3. For this man was 
counted worthy of more glory, than 
Moses, inasmuch as he who hath 
builded the house is worthy of more 
honor than the house. 

Mark 16: 2. Very early in the 
morning, the first day of the week, 
they came unto the sepulchre, at the 
rising of the sun .... Ye seek Jesus 
of Nazareth, which was crucified ; 
he is risen ; he is not here. — 9. 
Now when Jesus was risen early the 
first day of the week, he appeared 
first to Mary Magdalene. 

John 20: 19. Then the same day 
at evening, being the first day of the 
week, when the doors were shut 
where the disciples were assembled 
for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and 
stood in the midst, and saith unto 
them, Peace be unto you. — 26. And 
after eight days, again his disciples 
were within, and Thomas with 
them. Then came Jesus, the doors 
being shut, and stood in the midst 
and said unto them, Peace be unto 
you. 

Acts 20: 7. Upon the first day 
of the week, when the disciples 



came together to break bread, Paul 
preached unto them. 

1 Cor. 16: 2. On the first day of 
the week let every one lay by him 
as God hath prospered him. 

Rev. 1: 10. I was in the spirit 
on the Lord's day. 

Col. 2: 6. As ye have therefore 
received Christ Jesus, the Lord, so 
walk ye in him. — 9. For in him d well- 
eth all the fulness of the Godhead 
bodily. — 14. Blotting out the hand 
writing of ordinances. — 16. Let no 
man therefore judge you in meat, or 
in drink, or in respect of a holy day, 
or of the new moon,, or of the sab- 
bath-days. 



§ 5. OF THE PARENTAL RELATION, 

Mark 7:10. Moses said, Honor 
thy father and thy mother ; and 
whoso curseth father or mother let 
him die the death. But ye say, if a 
man shall say to his father or his 
mother, It is Corban, that is to say, 
a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest 
be profited by me, he shall be free ; 
and ye suffer him no more to do 
aught for his father or his mother, 
making the word of God of none 
effect, through your tradition. 

10: 19. Honor thy father and thy 
mother. 

Eph. 6: 1. Children obey your 
parents in the Lord, for this is right. 
Honor thy father and mother (which 
is the first commandment with pro- 
mise) that it may be well with thee, 
and thou mayest live long on the 
earth. 

Col. 3: 20. Children obey your 
parents in all things ; for this is well 
pleasing unto the Lord. 

1 Tim. 5: 4. Let them learn to 
show piety at home, and to requite 
their parents. 

Duty of Parents, 

Eph. 6: 4. And ye, fathers, pro- 
voke not your children to wrath ; 
but bring them up in the nurture and 
admonition of the Lord. 

1 Tjm. 5: 8. If a man provide 
not for his own, specially for those 
of his own household, he hath denied 
the faith, and is worse than an in- 
fidel. 



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§ 6. 



TREATMENT OF ENEMIES. 



Mat. 5: 21. Yc have heard that 
it was said by them of old time, 
Thou shalt not kill ; and whosoever 
shall kill, shall be in danger of the 
judgment. But I say unto you that 
whosoever is angry with his brother 
without a cause, shall be in danger 
of the judgment : and whosoever 
shall say to his brother, Raca, shall 
be in danger of the council ; but 
whosoever shall say, Thou fool ! 
shall be in danger of hell fire. — 
Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to 
the altar, and there rememberest that 
thy brother hath aught against thee, 
leave there thy gift before the altar 
and go thy way ; first be reconciled 
ro thy brother, and then come and 
offer thy gift. — 9. Blessed are the 
merciful, for they shall obtain mer- 
cy. 

G: 15. For if ye forgive not men 
their trespasses, neither will your 
Father forgive your trespasses. 

18: 21. Then came Peter to him, 
and said, Lord, how oft shall my 
brother sin against me, and I forgive 
him? till seven times ? Jesus saith 
unto him, I say not unto thee, Until 
seven times ; but, Until seventy 
times seven. Therefore is the king- 
dom of Heaven likened unto a cer- 
tain king which would take account 
of his servants. And when he had 
to reckon, one was brought 
unto him which owed him ten thou- 
sand talents. But forasmuch as he 
had not to pay, his lord commanded 
him to be sold, and his wife and 
children, and all that he had, and 
payment to be made. The servant 
therefore fell down and worshipped 
him, saying, Lord, have patience 
with me, and I will pay thee all. 
Then the lord of that servant was 
moved with compassion, and loosed 
him, and forgave him the debt. But 
the same servant went out, and 
found one of his fellow-servants, 
which owed him a hundred pence: 
and he laid hands on him, and took 
him by the throat, saying, Pay me 
that thou owest. And his fellow- 
servant fell down at his feet, and 
besought him, saying, Have patience 
with me, and 1 will pay thee all. 
And he would not : but went and 
cast him into prison, till he should 
pay the debt. So when his fellow- 
10 



servants saw what was done, they 
were very sorry, and came and told 
unto their lord all that was done. 
Then his lord, after that he had 
called him, said unto him : O thou 
wicked servant, I forgave thee all 
that debt, because thou desiredst me : 
shouldest not thou also have had 
compassion on thy fellow-servant, 
even as I had pity on thee ? And 
his lord was wroth, and delivered 
him to the tormentors, till he should 
pay all that was due unto him. So 
likewise shall my heavenly Father 
do also unto you, if ye from your 
hearts forgive not every one his 
brother their trespasses. 

IF 26: 51. And behold, one of them 
which were with Jesus stretched 
out his hand, and drew his sword, 
and struck a servant of the high 
priest, and smote off his ear. Then 
said Jesus unto him, Put up again 
thy sword into his place : for all 
they, that take the sword, shall per- 
ish with the sword. 

b: 38: Ye have heard that it hath 
been said, An eye for an eye, and a 
tooth for a tooth. But I say unto 
you, That ye resist not evil: but 
whosoever shall smite thee on thy 
right cheek, turn to him the other 
also. And if any man will sue thee 
at the law, and take away thy coat, 
let him have thy cloak also. And 
whosoever shall compel thee to go a 
mile, go with him twain. — 43. Ye 
have heard that it hath been said, 
Thou shalt love thy neighbor and 
hate thine enemy :| but I say untoyou, 
Love your enemies, bless* them that 
curse you, do good to them that hate 
you, and pray for them which de- 
spitefully use you, and persecute 
you; that ye may be the children of 
your Father which is in heaven: for 
he maketh his sun to rise on the evil 
and on the good, and sendeth rain 
on the just and on the unjust. For 
if ye love them which love you, what 
reward have ye ? do not even the 
publicans the same ? And if ye sa- 
lute your brethren only, what do ye 
more than others ? do not even the 
publicans so ? Be ye therefore 
perfect, even as your Father which 
is in heaven is perfect 

Luke 3: 14. And the soldiers 
likewise demanded of him, saying, 
And \vhat shall we do ? And he 
said unto them, Do violence to 



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no man, neither accuse any falsely ; 
and be content with your wages. 

6: 27. But I say unto you which 
hear, Love your enemies, do good 
to them which hate you, bless them 
that curse you, and pray for them 
which despitefully use you. And 
unto him that smiteth thee on the 
one cheek, offer also the other ; and 
him that taketh away thy cloak, for- 
bid not to take thy coat also. Give 
to every man that asketh of thee ; 
and of him that taketh away thy 
goods, ask them not again. And as 
ye would that men should do to you, 
do ye also to them likewise. For if 
ye love them which love you, what 
thank have ye? for sinners also love 
those that love them. And if ye do 
good to them which do good to you, 
what thank have ye ? for sinners 
also do even the same. And if ye 
lend to them of whom ye hope to 
receive, what thank have ye ? for 
sinners also lend to sinners, to re- 
ceive as much again. But love ye 
your enemies, and do good, and 
lend, hoping for nothing again ; and 
your reward shall be great, and ye 
shall be the children of the Highest ; 
for he is kind unto the unthankful 
and to the evil. Be ye therefore 
merciful, as your Father also is 
merciful. 



§ 7. MALE AND FEMALE. 

Mat. 5: 27. Ye have heard that 
it was said by them of old time, 
Thou shalt not commit adultery : 
but I say unto you, that whosoever 
looketh on a woman to lust after 
her, hath committed adultery with 
her already in his heart. If thy 
right eye offend thee pluck it out, 
and cast it from thee : for it is profit- 
able for thee, that one of thy mem- 
bers perish, and not that thy whole 
body should be cast into hell. And 
if thy right hand offend thee cut it 
off and cast it from thee ; for it is 
profitable for thee that one of thy 
members perish, and not that thy 
■whole body be-east into hell. It 
hath been said, whosoever shall put 
away his wife, let him give her a 
writing of divorcement ; but I say 
unto you that whosoever shall put 
away his wife, saving for the cause 
of fornication, causeth her to com- 
mit adultery. And whosoever shall 



marry her that is divorced coinmit- 
teth adultery. 

Mark 10: 2. The Pharisees ask- 
ed him, Is it lawful for a man to put 
away his wife ? tempting him. And 
he answered, What did Moses com- 
mand you ? And they said, Moses 
suffered to write a bill of divorce- 
ment, and to put her away. And 
Jesus answered and said unto them, 
For the hardness of your heart he 
gave you this precept ; but from the 
beginning of the creation God made 
them male and female. For this 
cause shall a man leave his father 
and his mother and shall cleave 
unto his wife. And they twain 
shall be one flesh. (Gen. 2: 24.) So 
then they are no more twain but 
one flesh. What, therefore, God 
hath joined together, let not man 
put asunder. And in the house the 
disciples asked him again of the 
same matter. And he saith unto 
them, Whosoever shall put away 
his wife, and marry another, com- 
mitteth adultery against her. And 
if a woman shall put away her hus- 
band, and be married to another, 
she committeth adultery. (Luke 
16: IS. Mat. 19: 3.) 



§ 8. HONESTY. 

Mark 10: 19. Do not steal. De- 
fraud not. 

1 Cor. 6: 8. Ye do wrong, and 
defraud, and that your brethren. 
Know ye not that the unrighteous 
shall not inherit the kingdom of 
God ? Be not deceived; neither for- 
nicators, . . nor thieves, nor covetous 
shall inherit the kingdom of God. 

1 Thes. 4: 6. That no man go 
beyond and defraud his brother in 
any matter ; because that the Lord 
is the avenger of all such ; as we 
also have forewarned you and testi- 
fied. 

Eph. 4: 28. Let him that stole 
steal no more. 

Mat. 15:19. Outof the heart pro- 
ceed . . . thefts ; . . . these defile a man. 



§ 9. GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE. 

Mat. 12: 37. By thy words shalt 
thou be justified, and by thy words 
shalt thou be condemned. 



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15: 18. The things that proceed 
out of the mouth, these come forth 
from the heart and defile the man, 
for out of the heart proceed evil 
thoughts, .... false witness, blas- 
phemy. 

James 3: 6. The tongue is a fire; 
a world of iniquity ; it defileth the 
whole body. 

Eph. 4: 31. Let all bitterness .. . 
and evil speaking be put from you. 
Titus 3 : 2. Speak evil of no 
man. 

1 Peter 8: 10. Hethat will love 
life and see good days, let him re- 
frain his tongue from evil. 

James 1 : 26. If any man among 
you seem to be religious, and bri- 
dleth not his tongue, that man's re- 
ligion is vain. 

1 Cor. 6: 10. Revilers . . .shall 
not inherit the kingdom of God. 

James 4: 11. Speak not evil one 
of another, brethren. Hethatspeak- 
eth evil of his brother and judgeth 
his brother, speaketh evil of the 
law and judgeth the law ; but if 
thou judge the law, thou art not a 
doer of the law, but a j udge. There 
is one lawgiver, who is able to save 
and to destroy ; who art thou that 
judgest another ? 

Col. 3:8. Put off. . . blasphemy, 
filthy communication out of your 
mouth. 

1 Tim. 1: 4. Neither give heed 
to fables, which minister questions, j 
rather than godly edifying. 

James 3: 10. Out of the same ; 
mouth proceedeth blessing and curs- | 
ing ; these things ought not so to be. | 

Gal. 5: 15. If ye bite and de- 
vour one another, take heed that ye 
be not consumed one of another. 

Eph. 4: 25. Wherefore putting 
away lying, speak every man truth 
with his neighbor: for we are mem- 
bers one of another. Be ye angry 
and sin not: let not the sun £o down 
upon your wrath ; neither give place 
to the devil. — 29. Let no corrupt: 
communication proceed out of your ' 
mouth, but that which is good to 
the use of edifying, that it may min- 
ister grace unto the hearers. — 31. 
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and 
anger, and clamor, and evil speak- 
ing, be put away from you, with all 
malice. 

5: 18. But be filled with the j 
Spirit ; speaking to yourselves in j 
psalms, and hymns, and spiritual I 



songs, singing and making melody 
in your heart to the Lord, giving 
thanks always for all things unto 
God and the Father, in the name of 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Phil. 1 : 27. Let your conversa- 
tion be as it becometh the gospel of 
Christ. 

Col. 4: 5. Walk in wisdom to- 
ward them that are without, redeem- 
ing the time. Let your speech be 
always with grace, seasoned with 
salt, that ye may know how ye ought 
to answer every man. 

Mat. 12 : 36. For every idle word 
that men shall speak, they shall give 
account thereof, in the day of judg- 
ment. 

IF James 3:2. If any man offend 
not in word, the same is a perfect 
man, and able also to bridle the 
whole body. Behold, we put bits in 
the horses' mouths, that they may 
obey us ; and we turn about their 
whole body. Behold also the ships, 
which, though they be so great, and 
are driven of fierce winds, yet are 
they turned about with a very small 
helm, whithersoever the governor 
listeth. Even so the tongue is a lit- 
tle member, and boasteth great 
things. Behold, how great a matter 
a little fire kindleth ! And the tongue 
is a fire, a world of iniquity ! So is 
the tongue among our members, that 
it defileth the whole body, and set- 
teth on fire the course of nature ; 
and it is set on fire of hell. For 
every kind of beasts, and of birds, 
and of serpents, and of things in 
the sea, is tamed, and hath been 
tamed, of mankind: but the tongue 
can no man tame ; it is an unruly 
evil, full of deadly poison. There- 
with bless we God, even the Father ; 
and therewith curse we men, which 
are made after the similitude of God. 
Out of the same mouth proceedeth 
blessing and cursing. My brethren, 
these things ought not so to be. 
Doth a fountain send forth at the 
same place sweet water and bitter? 
Can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear 
olive-berries? either a vine, figs? so 
can no fountain both yield saltwater 
and fresh. Who is a wise man 
and endued with knowledge among 
you? let him show out of a good 
conversation his works with meek- 
ness of wisdom. But if ye have 
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hearts, glory not, and lie not against 
the truth. This wisdom descendeth 
not from above, but is earthly, sen- 
iual, devilish. For where envying 
and strife is, there is confusion, and 
every evil work. 



§ 10. PROPERTY. 

Mat. 5. 42. Give to him that 
asketh of thee, and from him that 
would borrow of thee turn not thou 
away. 

22: 21. Render unto Caesar the 
things that are Caesar's, and unto 
God the things that are God's. 

Luke S: 11. He that hath two 
coats, let him impart to him that 
hath none ; and he that hath meat, 
let him do likewise. 

6 : SI. As ye would that men 
should do to you, do ye also to them, 
likewise. — 33. If ye do good to 
them which do good to you, what 
thank have ye? for sinners also do 
even the same. Do good and lend.. . 
hoping for nothing again, and your 
reward shall be great, and ye shall 
be called the children of the High- 
est. — 38. Give and it shall be 
given unto you . . . for with the same 



measure that ye meet withal, it shall 
be measured unto you again. 

1 Cor. 5:11. Do not keep com- 
pany, if any one that is called a 
brother be . . . covetous ... no not to 
eat. 

Col. 3: 5. Mortify your mem- 
bers . . . covetousness, which is idol- 
atry. 

Eph. 5: 5. No covetous man hath 
any inheritance in the kingdom of 
Christ and of God. 

Luke 12 : 13. And one of the 
company said unto him, Master, 
speak to my brother that he divide 
the inheritance with me. And he 
said unto him, Man, who made me a 
judge or a divider over you? And 
he said unto them, Take heed and 
beware of covetousness ; for a man's 
life consisteth not in the abundance 
of the things which he possesseth. 
( Parable of the rich miser. 12: 16.) 
[See Christian Duties.] 

Acts 2 : 44. All that believed 
were together, and had all things 
common, and sold their possessions 
and goods, and parted them to all 
men, as every man had need. 

1 Tim. 5: 8. If any provide not 
for his own, specially for those of 
his own house, he hath denied the 
faith and is worse than an infidel. 



FOURTH GENERAL TOPIC 



MAN AND HIS CHARACTER. 



CHAPTER I. 
HIS ORIGINAL CHARACTER. 

§ 1. HIS BODY. 

Gbk. 2: 7. And the Lord God 
formed man of 'the dust of the ground, 
and breathed into his nostrils the 
breath of life ; and man became a 
living soul. 



1 : 27. So God created man in his 
own image, in the image of God 
created he him; male and female 
created he them. And God blessed 
them, and God said unto them, Be 
fruitful, and multiply, and replenish 
the earth, and subdue it: and have 
dominion over the fish of the sea, 
and over the fowl of the air, and 
over every living thing that moveth 
upon the earth. And God said, Be- 



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ORIGINAL PROBATIONARY MORAL CHARACTER. 



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hold I have given you every herb 
bearing seed, which is upon the face 
of all the earth, and every tree, in 
the which is the fruit of a tree yield- 
ing seed ; to you it shall be for meat. 



§ 2. HIS SOUL. 

I. A Spirit. 

Gen. 1 : 26. And God said, Let 
us make man in our image, after our 
likeness ; and let them have domin- 
ion over the fish of the sea, and over 
the fowl of the air, and over the 
cattle, and over all the earth, and 
over every creeping thing that creep- 
eth upon the earth. 

25: 8. Abraham gave up the 
ghost, and was gathered unto his 
people. 

Ps. 31 : 5. Into thy hand I com- 
mend my spirit. 

Isa. 31: 3. The Egyptians are 
men, and not God ; and their horses 
Jlesh and not spirit. 

Ps. 19: 7. The law of the Lord 
is perfeet, converting the soul. 

106: 15. God granted their re- 
quest ; but sent leanness into their 
soul. 

16: 10. Thou wilt not leave my 
soul in hell. 

Mat. 10: 28. Fear not them 
which kill the body: but are not 
able to kill the soul: but rather fear 
him which is able to destroy both 
aoul and body in hell. 

James 5: 20. He that converteth 
a sinner from the error of his ways, 
shall save a soul from death ; and 
hide a multitude of sins. 

Luke 12: 20. This night thy soul 
shall be required of thee. 

Mat. 16: 26. What is a man 
profited if he shall gain the whole 
world, and lose his own soul? 

Rev. 6: 9. I saw under the altar, 
the souls of them that were slain for 
the word of God. 

20: 4. I saw the souls of them 
that were beheaded for the witness 
of Jesus. 

Mat. 22: S2. I am the God of 
Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and 
the God of Jacob. God is not the 
God of the dead, but of the living. J 

Luke 16: 22. The beggar died, 
and was carried by angels into Abra- 
ham's bosom. The rich man also 



died and was buried ; and in hell he 
lifted up his eyes, being in torments. 

23 : 43. To-day shalt thou be with 
me in Paradise. 

2 Co it. 5: 6. While we are at 
home in the body, we are absent from 
the Lord. We are confident I say, 
and willing rather to be absent from 
the body, and to be present with the 
Lord. 

Acts 7: 59. They stoned Ste- 
phen, calling upon God and saying. 
Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 
[See Future Stale.] 

II. Immortal. 

2 Tim. 1: 10. Our Savior Jesus 
Christ . . . hath brought life and im- 
mortality to light through the gospel. 

1 Cor. 15: 53. This corrupti- 
ble must put on incorruption, and 
this mortal, immortality. 

Rom. 2: 7. God will render to 
them who . . . seek for glory, honor, 
and immortality, eternal life. 

Mat. 25: 46. The righteous shall 
go into life eternal. 

Mark 3: 29. He that shall blas- 
pheme against the Holy Ghost, hath 
never forgiveness ; but is in danger 
of eternal damnation. 

John 10: 27. My sheep hear my 
voice, and ... I give unto them eter- 
nal life. And they shall never perish. 
[See Future State.] 



§ S. ORIGINAL PROBATIONARY MORAL, 
CHARACTER. 

Gen. 1: 31. And God saw every 
thing that he had made, and behold 
it was very good. 

2: 15. God took the man and put 
him into the garden of Eden, to dress 
it and to keep it. And the Lord 
God commanded the man saying, 
Of every tree of the garden thou 
mayest freely eat ; but of the tree of 
the knowledge of good and evil, thou 
shalt not eat of it ; for in the day 
thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely 
die. 

Eccl. 7 : 29. God made man 
upright. 

Gen. 1 : 27. So God created man 
in his own image ; in the image of 
God created he them. 



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THE APOSTACY OF MAN. 



[TOP. IV. 



CHAPTER IL 

THE APOSTACY. 



Temptation. 
Gen. 3: 1. Now the serpent was I 
more subtle than any beast of the | 
iield which the Lord God had made. | 
And he said unto the woman, Yea, j 
hath God said, Ye shall not eat of I 
every tree of the garden? And the 
woman said unto the serpent, We 
may eat of the fruit of the trees of 
the garden; but of the fruit of the 
tree which is in the midst of the gar- 
den, God hath said, Ye shall not eat 
of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest 
ye die. And the serpent said unto 
the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 
for God doth know that in the day 
ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall 
be opened, and ye shall be as gods, 
knowing good and evil. 

Transgression. 
And when the woman saw that the 
tree was good for food, and that it was 
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be 
desired to make one wise, she took 
of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and 
gave also unto her husband with her ; 
and he did eat. And the eyes of 
them both were opened, and they 
knew that they were naked ; and they 
sewed fig-leaves together, and made 
themselves aprons. And they heard 
the voice of the Lord God walking 
in the garden in the cool of the day : 
and Adam and his wife hid them- 
selves from the presence of the Lord 
God amongst the trees of the garden. 

Detection. 
And the Lord God called unto 
Adam, and said unto him, Where 
•art thou? And be said, I heard thy 
voice in the garden, and I was afraid, 
because I was naked : and I hid my- 
self. And He said, Who told thee 
that thou wast naked? Hast thou 
eaten of the tree, whereof I com- 
manded thee that thou shouldst not 
eat? And the man said, The woman, 
whom thou gavest to be with me, 
she gave me ofjhe tree, and I did 
eat. And the Lord God said unto 
the woman, What is this that thou 
hast done? And the woman said, 
The serpent beguiled me, and I did 

eat. 

Sentence. 

And the Lord God said unto the 
serpent, Because thou hast done this, 



thou art cursed above all cattle, and 
above every beast of the field ; upon 
thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt 
thou eat all the days of thy life : and I 
will put enmity between thee and the 
woman, and between thy seed and 
her seed ; it shall bruise thy head, 
and thou shalt bruise his heel. Unto 
the woman he said, I will greatly 
multiply thy sorrow and thy concep- 
tion ; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth 
children ; and thy desire shall be to 
thy husband, and he shall rule over 
thee. And unto Adam he said, Be- 
cause thou hast hearkened unto the 
voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of 
the tree, of which I commanded thee, 
saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: 
cursed is the ground for thy sake ; 
in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the 
days of thy life ; thorns also and 
thistles shall it bring forth to thee ; 
and thou shalt eat the herb of the 
field ; in the sweat of thy face 
shalt thou eat bread, till thou re- 
turn unto the ground ; for out of it 
wast thou taken : for dust thou art, 
and unto dust shalt thou return. 

Execution. 
22. And the Lord God said, Be- 
hold, the man is become as one of us, 
to know good and evil : and now, lest 
he put forth his hand, and take also 
of the tree of life, and eat, and live 
forever: therefore the Lord God sent 
him forth from the garden of Eden to 
till the ground from whence he was 
taken. 



CHAPTER III. 

MORAL CHARACTER AFTER THE 
APOSTACY. 

§ 1. DISOBEDIENCE UNIVERSAL. 

Rom. 5: 12. By one man sin 

entered into the world and death by 
sin, and so death passed upon all 
men, for that all have sinned. — 19. 
By one man's disobedience many 
were made sinners. 

Deut. 9: 4. Speak not thou in 
thine heart, after that the Lord thy 
God hath cast them out from before 
thee, saying, For my righteousness 
the Lord hath brought me in to 
possess this land : but for the wick- 
edness of these nations, the Lord 
doth drive them out from before 
thee. Not for thy righteousness, or 



CH. III.] MORAL CHARACTER AFTER THE APO&TA-CY. 






tor the uprightness of thine heart, 
dost thou go to possess their land: 
but for the wickedness of these na- 
tions the Lord thy God doth drive 
them out from before thee, and that 
he may perform the word which the 
Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abra- 
ham, Isaac, and Jacob. Understand, 
therefore, that the Lord thy God 
giveth thee not this good land to 
possess it for thy righteousness ; for 
thou art a stiff-necked people. Re- 
member, and forget not, how thou 
provokedst the Lord thy God to 
wrath in the wilderness: from the 
day that thou didst depart out of the 
land of Egypt, until ye came unto 
this place, ye have been rebellious 
against the Lord. Also in Horeb ye 
provoked the Lord to wrath, so that 
the Lord was angry with you to have 
destroyed you. 

S2: 23. For they are a nation 
void of counsel, neither is there any 
understanding in them. that they 
were wise, that they understood this, 
that they would consider their latter 
end! 

Ezra 9: 6. O my God, I am 
ashamed and blush to lift up my face 
to thee, my God: for our iniquities 
are increased over our head, and our 
trespass is grown up unto the heav- 
ens. Since the days of our fathers 
have we been in a great trespass unto 
this day ; and for our iniquities have 
we, our kings, and our priests been 
delivered into the hand of the kings 
of the land, to the sword, to captiv- 
ity, and to a spoil, and to confusion 
of face, as it is this day. — 10. And 
now, our God, what shall we say 
after this? for we have forsaken thy 
commandments, which thou hast 
commanded by thy servants the 
prophets, saying, The land, unto 
which ye go to possess it, is an un- 
clean land with the filthiness of the 
people of the lands, with their abom- 
inations, which have filled it from 
one end to another with their un- 
cleanness. Now therefore give not 
your daughters unto their sons, 
neither take their daughters unto 
your sons, nor seek their peace or 
their wealth forever: that ye may be 
strong, and eat the good of the land, 
and leave it for an inheritance to 
your children forever. And after all 
that is come upon us for our evil 
deeds, and for our great trespass, 
seeing that thou our God hast pun- 



ished us less than our iniquities 
i deserve, and base given us such de- 
I liverance as this: should we again 
; break thy commandments, and join 
in affinity with the people of these 
abominations? wouldest not thou be 
aogry with us till thou hadst con— 
! sumed us, so that there should be no 
remnant nor escaping? Lord God 
of Israel, thou art righteous: for wo 
remain yet escaped, as it is this day: 
behold, we are before thee in our 
tie-passes: for we cannot stand be- 
fore thee because of this. 

Neh. 1 : 6. Both I and ray father's 
house have sinned. We have dealt 
very corruptly against thee, and have 
not kept the commandments, nor the 
statutes, nor the judgments, which 
thou commandedst thy servant Moses.. 

IT John 3: 43. Why do ye not un- 
derstand my speech ? even because ye 
cannot hear my word.. Ye are of 
your father, the devil, and the lusts 
of your father ye will do : he was a 
murderer from the beginning, and 
abode not in the truth ; because there 
is no truth in him. When he speak- 
eth a lie, he speaketh of his own : 
for he is a liar, and the father of it. 
And because I tell you the truth, ye 

| believe me not. Which of you con- 
vinceth me of sin? And if I say the 

i truth, why do ye not believe me? 

' He that is of God, heareth God's 
words ; ye therefore hear them not ? 
because ye are not of God. 

2 Peter 2: 10. Presumptuous are 
they, self-willed :. they are not afraid 
to speak evil of dignities — 13. Spots 
they are and blemishes, sporting 
themselves with their own deceivings 
while they feast with you ; having 
eyes full of adultery and that cannot 
cease from sin. An heart they have 
exercised with covetous practices ; 
cursed children which have forsaken 
the right way and are gone astray. 

1 John 1 : 8. If we say that we 
, have no sin we deceive ourselves, 
j and the truth is not in us. — 10. If we 
I say that we have not sinned, we make 

I him a liar, and his word is not in us. 
Eccl. 7: 20. For there is not a 
just man upon earth, that doth good, 
and sinneth not. 

2 Chron. 7: 36. There is no 
man that sinneth not. 

James 4: 17. He that knoweth 
to do good, and doth it not, to him 
it is sin. 



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Job 9: 20. If I say I am perfect ; 
it shall also prove me perverse. 

Gen. 6: 5. And God saw that 
the wickedness of man was great in 
the earth, and that every imagina- 
tion of the thoughts of his heart 
xoas only evil continually. — 11. 
The earth also was corrupt before 
God, and the earth was filled with 
violence. And God looked upon 
the earth, and, behold, it was cor- 
rupt; for all flesh had corrupted his 
way upon the earth. 

Ps. 14: 2. The Lord looked 
from heaven upon the children of 
men, to see if there were any that 
did understand, that did seek after 
God. They are all gone aside, they 
are altogether become filthy ; there 
is none that doeth good : no, not one. 

Rom. 1 : 26. For this cause God 
gave them up unto vile affections. — 
28. And even as they did not like to 
retain God in their knowledge, God 
gave them over to a reprobate mind, 
to do those things which are not con- 
convenient, being filled with all un- 
righteousness, fornication, wicked- 
ness, covetousness, maliciousness ; 
full of envy, murder, debate, de- 
ceit, malignity ; whisperers, back- 
biters, haters of God, despiteful ; 
proud, boasters, inventors of evil 
things, disobedient to parents, with- 
out understanding, covenant-break- 
ers, without natural affection, impla- 
cable, unmerciful. Who knowing 
the judgments of God, that they who 
commit such things are worthy of 
death ; not only do the same, but 
have pleasure in those that do them. 

3: 9. What then? are we better 
than they? No, in no wise: for we 
have before proved both Jews and 
Gentiles, that they are all under sin ; 
as it is written, " There is none 
righteous, no, not one: there is none 
that understandeth, there is none that 
seeketh after God, they are all gone 
out of the way, they are together 
become unprofitable: there is none 
that doeth good, no, not one." (Ps. 
14: 1 -3.) " Their throat is an open 
sepulchre ;" (5: 9.) " With their 
tongues they hav^-used deceit ; the 
poison of asps is under their lips: " 
(140: 3.) « Whose mouth is full of 
cursing and bitterness." (10: 7.) 
" Their feet are swift to shed blood, 
destruction and misery are in their 
ways : and the way of peace have 
they not known." (Isa. 59 : 7.) 



" There is no fear of God before 
their eyes." (Ps. 36: 1.) Now we 
know that what things soever the 
law saith, it saith to them that are 
under the law : that every mouth 
may be stopped, and the whole world 
may become guilty before God. — 23. 
For all have sinned, and come short 
of the glory of God. 

1T 2 Tim. 3:13. But evil men and 
seducers shall wax worse and worse, 
deceiving and being deceived. 

Jer. 32: 30. For the children of 
Israel and the children of Judah have 
only done evil before me from their 
youth: for the children of Israel 
have only provoked me to anger, 
with the work of their hands, saith 
the Lord. 

Is a. 59: 3. For your hands are 
defiled with blood, and your fingers 
with iniquity ; your lips have spoken 
lies, your tongue hath muttered per- 
verseness. None calleth for justice, 
nor any pleadeth for truth ; they trust 
in vanity, and speak lies ; they con- 
ceive mischief, and bring forth ini- 
quity, they hatch cockatrice's eggs, 
and weave the spider's web : he that 
eateth of their eggs dieth, and that 
which is crushed breaketh out into a 
viper, their webs shall not become 
garments, neither shall they cover 
themselves with their works: their 
works are works of iniquity, and the 
act of violence is in their hands. 
Their feet run to evil, and they make 
haste to shed innocent blood: their 
thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; 
wasting and destruction are in their 
paths. The way of peace they know- 
not ; and there is no judgment 
in their goings : they have made 
them crooked paths : whosoever 
goeth therein shall not know peace. 
Therefore is judgment far from us, 
neither doth justice overtake us: we 
wait for light, but behold obscurity ; 
for brightness, but we walk in dark- 
ness. We grope for the wall like 
the blind, and we grope as if we had 
no eyes: we stumble at noon-day as 
in the night ; we are in desolate 
places as dead men. We roar all 
like bears, and mourn sore like doves : 
we look for judgment, but there is 
none ; for salvation, but it is far off 
from us. For our transgressions are 
multiplied before thee, and our sins 
testify against us : for our transgres- 
sions are with us ; and as for our 






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TRANSGRESSION UNIVERSAL. 



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iniquities, we know them ; in trans- 
gressing and lying against the Lord, 
and departing away from our God, 
speaking oppression and revolt, con- 
ceiving and uttering from the heart 
words of falsehood. And judgment 
is turned away backward, and justice 
standeth afar off: for truth is fallen 
in the street, and equity cannot enter. 
Jer. 13 : 22. And if thou say in 
thine heart, Wherefore come these 
things upon me? For the greatness 
of thine iniquity are thy skirts dis- 
covered, and thy heels made bare. 
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or 
the leopard his spots? Then may ye 
also do good, that are accustomed to do 
evil. Therefore will I scatter them as 
the stubble that passeth away by the 
wind of the wilderness. This is thy 
lot, the portion of thy measure from 
me, saith the Lord ; because thou 
hast forgotten me, and trusted in 
falsehood. 

Ezek. 2: 3. Son of man, I send 
thee to the children of Israel, to a 
rebellious nation that hath rebelled 
against me: they and their fathers 
have transgressed against me, even 
unto this very day. For they are 
impudent children and stiff-hearted. 
I do send thee unto them ; and thou 
shalt say unto them, Thus saith the 
Lord God. And they, whether they 
will hear, or whether they will for- 
bear, (for they are a rebellious 
house,) yet shall know that there 
hath been a prophet among them. 
And thou, Son of man, be not afraid 
of them, neither be afraid of their 
words, though briers and thorns be 
with thee, and thou dost dwell 
among scorpions: be not afraid of 
their words, nor be dismayed at their 
looks, though they be a rebellious 
house. And thou shalt speak my 
words unto them, whether they will 
hear, or whether they will forbear: 
for they are most rebellious. But 
thou, Son of man, hear what I say 
unto thee ; Be not thou rebellious 
like that rebellious house. 

IT 16 : 44. Behold every one that 
useth proverbs shall use this proverb 
against thee, saying, As is the mother, 
so is her daughter. Thou art thy 
mother's daughter, that loatheth her 
husband and her children ; and thou 
art the sister of thy sisters, which 
loathed their husbands and their 
children : your mother was an Hittite, 
11 



and your father an Amorite. And 
thine elder sister is Samaria, she and 
her daughters that dwell at thy left 
hand : and thy younger sister, that 
dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom 
and her daughters. Yet hast thou 
not walked after their ways, nor done 
after their abominations: but, as if 
that were a very little thing, thou 
wast corrupted more than they in 
all thy ways. As I live, saith the 
Lord God, Sodom, thy sister, hath 
not done, she nor her daughters, as 
thou hast done, thou and thy daugh- 
ters. Behold, this was the iniquity 
of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness 
of bread, and abundance of idleness 
was in her and in her daughters, 
neither did she strengthen the hand 
of the poor and needy. And they 
were haughty, and committed abom- 
ination before me : therefore I took 
them away as I saw good. Neither 
hath Samaria committed half of 
thy sins ; but thou hast multiplied 
thine abominations more than they, 
and hast justified thy sisters in all 
thine abominations which thou hast 
done. Thou also, which hast judged 
thy sisters, bear thine own shame 
for thy sins that thou hast committed 
more abominable than they : they 
are more righteous than thou: yea, 
be thou confounded also, and bear 
thy shame, in that thou hast judged 
thy sisters. 

Jer. 14: 20. We acknowledge, 
O Lord, our wickedness, and the 
iniquity of our fathers ; for we have 
sinned against thee. Do not abhor us, 
for thy name's sake, do not disgraec 
the throne of thy glory : remem- 
ber, break not thy covenant with 
us. Are there any among the vanities 
of the Gentiles that can cause rain? 
Or can the heavens give showers? 
Art not thou he, Lord our God? 
Therefore we will wait upon thee: 
for thou hast made all these things. 
15: 1. Then said the Lord unto 
me, Though Moses and Samuel stood 
before me, yet my mind could not be 
toward this people : cast them out of 
my sight, and let them go forth. 

S: 10. For everyone from the 
least even unto the greatest is given 
to covetousness, from the prophet 
even unto the priest every one deal- 
eth falsely. For they have healed 
the hurt of the daughter of my peo- 
ple slightly, saying, Peace, peace ; 
when there is no peace. 



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APOSTATE. 



[TOP. IV. 



§ 2. THIS DISOBEDIENCE THE FRUIT 
OF AN UNHOLY HEART. 

Mat. 12:33. Either make the tree 
good and his fruit good; or else make 
the tree corrupt and his fruit corrupt : 
for the tree is known by his fruit. O 
generation of vipers! how can ye, 
being evil, speak good things? for 
out of the abundance of the heart 
the mouth speaketb. A good man, 
out of the good treasure of the 
heart, bringeth forth good things: 
and an evil man, out of the evil 
treasure, bringeth forth evil things. 
But I say unto you, That every idle 
word that men shall speak, they 
shall give account thereof in theday 
of judgment. For by thy words 
thou shalt be justified, and by thy 
words thou shalt be condemned. 

15: 18. But those things which 
proceed out of the mouth come forth 
from the heart ; and they defile the 
man. For out of the heart proceed 
evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, 
fornications, thefts, false witness, 
blasphemies: these are the things 
which defile a man: but to eat with 
unwashen hands defileth not a man. 
(M. 7: 21.) 

John 3 : 3. Except a man be 
born again, he cannot see the king- 
dom of God. — 6. That which is 
born of the flesh is flesh. 

Rom. 8: 7. The carnal mind is 
enmity against God ; for it is not 
subject to the law of God. 

Luke 6: 44. Of thorns men do 
not gather figs, nor of a bramble- 
bush gather they grapes. 

Jer. 17: 9. The heart is deceit- 
ful above all things and desperately 
wicked ; who can know it ? 

Ezex. 18: 31. Make you anew 
heart, and anew spirit : for why will 
ye die, O house of Israel? 

Ps. 51: 10. Create in me a clean 
heart, Lord ; and renew a right 
spirit within me. 

Ezee. 11: 19. I will give them 
one heart, and will put a new spirit 
within them: and I will take away 
the stony heart^out of their flesh, 
and will give them a heart of flesh, 
that they may walk in my statutes. 

Gal. 5: 19. Now the works of 
the flesh are manifest, which are 
these, adultery, fornication, unclean- 
ness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witch- 
craft, hatred, variance, emulations, 



wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, en- 
vyings, murders, drunkenness, rev- 
eilings, and such like: of the which 
I tell you before, as I have also told 
you in time past, that they which 
do such things shall not inherit the 
kingdom of God. 

Eccl. 8: 11. The heart of the 
sons of men is fully set in them to 
do evil. 

2 Cor. 5: 17. If any man be in 
Christ, he is a new creature ; old 
things are passed away: behold, all 
things are become new. 

Gen. 8: 21. The imagination of 
man's heart is evil, from his youth. 

Jer. 7: 24. But they hearkened 
not, nor inclined their ear, but walk- 
ed in the counsels and in the imag- 
ination of their evil heart, and went 
backward and not forward. Since 
the day that your fathers came forth 
out of the land of Egypt unto this 
day, I have even sent unto you all 
my servants the prophets, daily ris- 
ing up early and sending them: yet 
they hearkened not unto me, nor 
inclined their ear, but hardened their 
neck : they did worse than their 
fathers. 

16: 12. Behold, ye walk, every 
one after the imagination of his evil 
heart. 

1 Cor. 2: 14. The natural man 
receiveth not the things of the Spirit 
of God; for they are foolishness unto 
him ; neither can he know them ; 
because they are spiritually dis- 
cerned. 

Prov. 6: 14. Frowardness is in 
his heart, he deviseth mischief con- 
tinually ; he soweth discord. 

Ps. 5:9: There is no faithful- 



part is very wickedness ; their throat 
is an open sepulchre ; they flatter 
with their tongue. 

Jer. 4: 22. For my people is fool- 
ish, they have not known me; they 
are sottish children, and they have 
none understanding ; they are wise 
to do evil, but to do good they have 
no knowledge. 



§ 3. DISPOSITION TOWARDS GOD. 

I. Love wanting. 

Ps. 77: 3. I remembered God and 
was troubled. 



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Rom. 1 : 25. They worshipped 
and served the creature more than 
the Creator. 

1 John 2: 15. If any man love 
the world, the love of the Father is 
not in him. 

Rom. 8: 8. They that are in the 
flesh cannot please God. 

John 12: 46. I am come a light 
into the world. 

3: 19. Light has come into the 
world, and men loved darkness rather 
than light, because their deeds were 
evil. 

1 : 5. The light shineth in dark- 
ness and the darkness comprehendeth 
it not. — 10. He was in the world 
and the world was made by him, and 
the world knew him not. He came 
unto his own and his own received 
him not. 

Phil. 2: 21. All seek their own, 
not the things that are Jesus Christ's. 

Job 21 : 14. They say unto God, 
depart from us, for we desire not the 
knowledge of thy ways. What is 
the Almighty that we should serve 
him, and what profit shall we have 
if we pray unto him ? 

Ps. 10: 4. God is not in all his 
thoughts. 

Ho. 8: 14. Israel hath forgotten 
his Maker. 

Deut. 82: 18. Of the rock that 
begat thee, thou art unmindful ; and 
hast forgotten God that formed thee. 

Jer. 2: 32. My people have for- 
gotten me days without number. 

3: 21. They have perverted their 
way, they have forgotten the Lord 
their God. 

1 John 5: S. This is the love of 
God, that we keep his command- 
ments. 

Prov.1 : 30. They would none of my 
counsel, and despised all my reproof. 
Isa. 5: 24. Because they have 
cast away the law of the Lord of 
hosts, and despised the word of the 
Holy One of Israel. 

2 Chron. 36: 14. Moreover all 
the chief of the priests, and the peo- 
ple, transgressed very much after all 
the abominations of the heathen ; 
and polluted the house of the Lord 
whirh he had hallowed in Jerusalem. 
And the Lord God of their fathers 
sent to them by his messengers, ris- 
ing up betimes and sending; because 
he had compassion on his people, 
and on his dwelling-places : but they 
mocked the messengers of God, and 



despised his words, and misused his 
prophets, until the wrath of the 
Lord arose against his people, till 
there was no remedy. 

Rom. 1 : 28. As they did not like to 
retain God in their knowledge, God 
gave them over to a reprobate mind. 

Isa. 30: 8. Now go, write it be- 
fore them in a table, and note it in a 
book, that it may be for the time to 
come forever and ever: that this is 
a rebellious people, lying children, 
children that will not hear the law 
of the Lord : which say to the seers, 
See not; and to the prophets, Prophe- 
sy not unto us right things, speak unto 
us smooth things, prophesy deceits : 
get you out of the way, turn aside 
out of the path, cause the Holy One 
of Israel to cease from before us. 

IF Deut. 32: 15. But Jeshurun 
waxed fat, and kicked : thou art 
waxen fat, thou art grown thick, 
thou art covered with fatness ; then 
he forsook God which made him, 
and lightly esteemed the Rock of his 
salvation. They provoked him to 
jealousy with strange gods, with 
abominations provoked they him to 
anger. They sacrificed unto devils, 
not to God ; to gods whom they 
knew not, to new gods that came 
newly up, whom your fathers feared 
not. Of the Rock that begat thee 
thou art unmindful, and hast forgot- 
ten God that formed thee. 

2 Kings 17:9. And the children 
of Israel did secretly those things 
that were not right against the Lord 
their God, and they built them high 
places in all their cities, from the 
tower of the watchman to the fenced 
city. And they set them up images 
and groves in every high hill, and 
under every green tree: and there 
they burnt incense in all the high 
places, as did the heathen whom the 
Lord carried away before them ; 
and wrought w T icked things to pro- 
voke the Lord to anger: for they 
served idols, whereof the Lord had 
said unto them, Ye shall not do this 
thing. Yet the Lord testified against 
Israel, and against Judah, by all the 
prophets, and by all the seers, say- 
ing, Turn ye from your evil ways, 
and keep my commandments and my 
statutes, according to all the law 
which I commanded your fathers, 
and which I sent to you by my ser- 
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ing they would not hear, but har- 
dened their necks, like to the neck 
of their fathers, that did not believe 
in the Lord their God. And they 
rejected his statutes, and his cove- 
nant that he made with their fathers, 
and his testimonies which he testified 
against them. And they left all the 
commandments of the Lord their 
God, and made them molten images, 
even two calves, and made a grove, 
and worshipped all the host of heav- 
en, and served Baal. 

Ex. 32: 1. And when the people 
saw that Moses delayed to come 
down out of the mount, the people 
gathered themselves together unto 
Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make 
us gods, which shall go before us; for 
as for this Moses,the man that brought 
us up out of the land of Egypt, we 
wot not what is become of him. And 
Aaron said unto them, Break off the 
golden ear-rings, which are in the 
ears of your wives, of your sons, 
and of your daughters, and bring 
them unto me. And all the people 
brake off the golden ear-rings which 
were in their ears, and brought them 
unto Aaron. And he received them 
at their hand, and fashioned it with 
a graving tool, after he had made it 
a molten calf: and they said, These 
be thy gods, O Israel, which brought 
thee up out of the land of Egypt. And 
when Aaron saw it, he built an altar 
before it ; and Aaron made procla- 
mation, and said, To-morrow is a 
feast to the Lord. And they rose 
up early on the morrow, and offered 
burnt-offerings, and brought peace- 
offerings ; and the people sat down 
to eat and to drink, and rose up to 
play. And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Go, get thee down; for thy peo- 
ple, which thou broughtest out of 
the land of Egypt, have corrupted 
themselves: they have turned aside 
quickly out of the way which I com- 
manded them: they have made them 
a molten calf, and have worshipped 
it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and 
said, These be thy gods, O Israel, 
which have brought thee up out of 
the land of Egypt. 

II. It is hostile towards him. 

Rom. 8: 7. The carnal mind is 
enmity against God : for it is not 
subject to the law of God ; neither 
mdeed can be. 



John 15: 19. If the world hate 
you, ye know that it hated me before 
it hated you. If they have perse- 
cuted me, they will also persecute 
you. — 23. He that hateth me hateth 
my father also; . . . but now have they 
both seen and hated, both me and 
my Father. 

Lev. 26: 43. They despised my 
judgments, and because their soul 
abhorred my statutes. 

Num. 11: 20. Ye have despised 
the Lord which is among you. 

Ezek. 16: 61. Then thou shalt re- 
member thy ways, and be ashamed, 
when thou shalt receive thy sisters, 
thine elder and thy younger : and I will 
give them unto thee for daughters, 
but not by thy covenant. And I will 
establish my covenant with thee ; and 
thou shalt know that I am the Lord : 
that thou mayest remember and be 
confounded, and never open thy 
mouth any more because of thy 
shame, when I am pacified toward 
thee for all that thou hast done, saith 
the Lord God. 

Amos 2: 4. Because they have de- 
spised the law of the L- rd, and have 
not kept his commandments. 

Ps. 36: 1. The transgression of 
the wicked saith within my heart, 
that there is no fear of God before 
his eyes. He flattereth himself in 
his own eyes, till his iniquity be 
found to be hateful, 

Ps. 10: 4. The wicked, through 
pride of his countenance ; will not 
seek after God. 

1 : 24. I have called and ye refused; 
I have stretched out my hand and 
no man regarded it. But ye have 
set at naught all my counsels, and 
would none of my reproof, . . They 
hated knowledge, and would not 
choose the fear of the Lord. 

Isa. 53: 3. He was despised and 
rejected of men ; a man of sorrows, 
and acquainted with grief. And we 
hid as it were our faces from him. 
He was despised and we esteemed 
him not. 

ITHosea 4: 1. The Lord hath a 
controversy with the inhabitants of 
the land: because there is no truth, 
nor mercy, nor knowledge of God 
in the land. — 7. As they were in- 
creased, so they sinned against me. . . 
They set their heart on their in- 
iquity. 

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great things of my law ; but they 
were accounted as a strange thing. 

2 Chron. 24: 18. And they left 
the house of the Lord God of their 
fathers, and served groves and idols : 
and wrath came upon Judah and Je- 
rusalem for this their trespass. Yet 
he sent prophets to them, to bring 
them again unto the Lord ; and they 
testified against them : but they 
would not give ear. And the Spirit 
of God came upon Zechariah, the son 
of Jehoiada the priest, which stood 
above the people, and said unto them, 
Thus saith God, Why transgress ye 
the commandments of the Lord, that 
ye cannot prosper? because ye have 
forsaken the Lord, he hath also for- 
saken you. And they conspired 
against him, and stoned him with 
stones at the commandment of the 
king in the court of the house of the 
Lord. 

J er. 2 : 7. And I brought you into 
a plentiful country, to eat the fruit 
thereof and the goodness thereof; 
but when ye entered, ye defiled my 
land, and made mine heritage an 
abomination. The priests said not, 
Where is the Lord ? and they that 
handle the law knew me not : the pas- 
tors also transgressed against me, 
and the prophets prophesied by Baal, 
and walked after things that do not 
profit. Wherefore 1 will yet plead 
with you. saith the Lord, and with 
your children's children will I plead. 
For pass over the isles of Chittim, 
and see ; and send unto Kedar, and 
consider diligently, and see if there 
be such a thing: hath a nation chang- 
ed their gods, which are yet no gods? 
Bui my people have changed their 
glory for that which doth not profit. 
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, 
and be horribly afraid, be ye very 
desolate, saith the Lord. For my 
people have committed two evils ; 
they have forsaken me, the fountain 
of living waters, and hewed them 
out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can 
hold no water. 

Luke 12 : 58. Agree with thine 
adversary quickly, while thou art in 
the way with him. 

John 7: 7. The world hateth me 
because I testify of it, that the works 
thereof are evil. 

Mat. 21 : 35. The husbandmen 
took his servants, and beat one, and 
killed another, and stoned another. 
Again he sent other servants, more 



than the first, and they did unto them 
likewise. But last of all he sent unto 
them his son, saying, They will rev- 
erence my son. But when the hus- 
bandmen saw him, they said among 
themselves, this is the heir ; come, 
let us kill him, and let us seize on 
the inheritance. And they caught 
him and cast him out of the vineyard 
and slew him. — 43. Therefore the 
kingdom of God shall be taken from 
you. (M. 12: 1. L. 20: 9.) 

22: 2. The kingdom of heaven is 
like unto a certain king which made 
a marriage for his son, and sent forth 
his servants to call them that were 
bidden. — 5. But they made light of 
it, (they all with one consent began 
to make excuse. L. 14 : 18.) and 
went tljeir ways, one to his farm, 
another to his merchandise ; and the 
remnant took his servants and en- 
treated them spitefully and slew 
them. 

23 : 34. Wherefore, behold I send 
unto you prophets, and wise men, 
and scribes, and some of them ye 
shall kill and crucify ; and some of 
them shall ye scourge in your syna- 
gogues, and persecute them from 
city to city. 

1f Luke 22: 2. The chief priests 
and scribes sought how they might 
kill him. 

Gen. 18: 32. Peradventure ten 
(righteous men) shall be found there. 
And he said, I will not destroy it for 
ten's sake. [But four were found, 
and one of them afterwards became 
intoxicated, and two committed incest, 
and the fourthbecame a pillar of salt.'] 

Mat. 27: 12. When he was ac- 
cused of the chief priests and elders, 
he answered nothing. — 20. The 
chief priests and elders persuaded 
the multitude, that they should ask 
Barabbas and destroy Jesus. — 23. 
The governor said, Why ? But they 
cried out the more, saying, Let him 
be crucified. 

Mark. 14: 65. And some began to 
spit on him, and to cover his face 
and buffet him . . . and the servants 
did strike him with the palms of their 
hands. — 7 1 . Peter began to curse and 
to swear, saying, I know not this 
man of whom ye speak. 

John 5: 40. Ye will not come to 
me that ye might have life. — 42. I 
know you, that the love of God is not 
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8: 34. Whosoever committeth sin 
is the servant of sin — 37. Ye seek 
to kill me, because my word hath no 
place in you. — 42. If God were 
your father ye would love me. — 47. 
He that is of God heareth God's 
words ; ye therefore hear them not, 
because ye are not of God. 

9: 22." They agreed that if any 
man confessed that he was Christ, 
he should be put out of the synagogue. 

Acts 7: 51. Ye stiff-necked and 
uncircumcised in heart and ears : ye 
do always resist the Holy Ghost ; as 
your fathers did, so do ye : which of 
the prophets have not your fathers 
persecuted? And they have slain 
them which showed before of the 
coming of the Just 0:ne ; of whom 
ye have now been the betrayers and 
murderers, who have received the 
law, by the disposition of angels, and 
have not kept it. 

Job 21: 13. They spend their 
days in wealth, and in a moment go 
down to the grave. Therefore they 
say unto God, Depart from us ; for 
we desire not the knowledge of thy 
ways. What is the Almighty that 
we should serve him? And what 
profit should we have, if we pray 
unto him? 

III. Degree of Hostility. 

1. Resists the Strongest Inducements. 

Isa. 1 : 4. Ah sinful nation, a 
people laden with iniquity, a seed of 
evil-doers, children that are corrupt- 
ers ! They have forsaken the Lord, 
they have provoked the Holy One 
of Israel unto anger, they are gone 
away backward. Why should ye 
be stricken any more ? ye will revolt 
more and more : the whole head is 
sick, and the whole heart faint. 
From the sole of the foot even unto 
the head there is no soundness in it: 
but wounds, and bruises, and putre- 
fying sores : they have not been 
closed, neither bound up, neither 
mollified with ointment. Your coun- 
try is desolate, your cities are burned 
with fire : your4and, strangers devour 
it in your presence, and it is desolate, 
as overthrown by strangers. And 
the daughter of Zion is left as a 
cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in 
a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged 
city. Except the Lord of hosts had 
left unto us a very small remnant, 



we should have been as Sodom, and 
we should have been like unto Go- 
morrah. Hear the word of the Lord, 
ye rulers of Sodom ; give ear unto 
the law of our God, ye people of 
Gomorrah. To what purpose is the 
multitude of your sacrifices unto me? 
saith the Lord: I am full of the 
burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat 
of fed beasts ; and I delight not in 
the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, 
or of he-goats. When ye come to 
appear before me, who hath re- 
quired this at your hand, to tread my 
courts? Bring no more vain obla- 
tions ; incense is an abomination 
unto me ; the new moons and sab- 
baths., the calling of assemblies, I 
cannot away with ; it is iniquity, 
even the solemn meeting. Your new 
moons and your appointed feasts my 
soul hateth; they are a trouble unto 
me ; I am weary to bear them. And 
when ye spread forth your hands, I 
will hide mine eyes from you, yea, 
when ye make many prayers, I will 
not hear: your hands are full of 
blood. Wash you, make you clean ; 
put away the evil of your doings 
from before mine eyes ; cease to do 
evil ; learn to do well ; seek judg- 
ment ; relieve the oppressed. Judge 
the fatherless, plead for the widow. 
Come now, and let us reason togeth- 
er, saith the Lord: though your sins 
be as scarlet, they shall be as white 
as snow ; though they be red like 
crimson, they shall be as wool. If 
ye be willing and obedient, ye shall 
eat the good of the land: but if ye 
refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured 
with the sword: for the mouth of the 
Lord hath spoken it. How is the 
faithful city become an harlot! It 
was full of judgment ; righteousness 
lodged in it ; but now murderers. 
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine 
mixed with water: thy princes are 
rebellious,and companions of thieves : 
every one loveth gifts, and followeth 
after rewards: they judge not the 
fatherless, neither doth the cause of 
the widow come unto them. There- 
fore saith the Lord, the Lord of 
hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, 
I will ease me of my adversaries, 
and avenge me of mine enemies: 
and I will turn my hand upon thee, 
and purely purge away thy dross, 
and take away all thy tin : and I will 
restore thy judges as at the first, and 
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afterward thou shalt be called, The 
city of righteousness, the faithful 
city. Zion shall be redeemed with 
judgment, and her converts with 
righteousness. And the destruction 
of the transgressors and of the sin- 
ners shall be together, and they that 
forsake the Lord shall be consumed. 

1T 9: 13. For the people turneth 
not unto him that smiteth them, nei- 
ther do they seek the Lord of hosts. 
Therefore the Lord will cut off from 
Israel head and tail, branch and rush, 
in one day. The ancient and honor- 
able, he is the head ; and the prophet 
that teacheth lies, he is the tail. For 
the leaders of this people cause them 
to err ; and they that are led of them 
are destroyed. Therefore the Lord 
shall have no joy in their young men, 
neither shall have mercy on their 
fatherless and widows: for every one 
is ;m hypocrite and an evil-doer, and 
even mouth speaketh folly. For all 
this his anger is not turned away, 
but his hand is stretched out still. 
For wickedness burnetii as the fire : it 
shall devour the briers and thorns, 
and shall kindle in the thickets of 
the forest, and they shall mount up 
like the lifting up of smoke. Through 
the wrath of the Lord of hosts is 
the land darkened, and the people 
shall be as the fuel of the fire: no 
man shall spare his brother. And he 
shall snatch on the right hand, and 
be hungry ; and he shall eat on the 
left hand, and they shall not be sat- 
isfied: they shall eat every man the 
flesh of his own arm : Manasseh, 
Ephraim ; and Ephraim, Manasseh: 
and they together shall be against 
Judah. For all this his anger is not 
turned away, but his hand is stretch- 
ed out still. 

Jer. 2: 19. Thine own wicked- 
ness shall correct thee, and thy 
backslidings shall reprove thee : 
know therefore and see that it is an 
evil thing and bitter, that thou hast 
forsaken the Lord thy God, and that 
my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord 
God of hosts. For of old time I 
have broken thy yoke, and burst thy 
bands ; and thou saidst, I will not 
transgress ; when upon every high 
hill and under every green tree thou 
wanderest, playing the harlot. Yet 
I had planted thee a noble vine, 
wholly a right seed: how then art 
thou turned into the degenerate plant 



of a strange vine unto me? For 
though thou wash thee with nitre, 
and take thee much soap, yet thine 
iniquity is marked before me, saith 
the Lord God. How canst thou say, 
I am not polluted? — 27. For they 
have turned their back unto me, and 
not their face : but in the time of their 
trouble they will say, Arise, and save 
us. But where are thy gods that 
thou hast made thee? Let them 
arise, if they can save thee in the 
time of thy trouble : for according to 
the number of thy cities are thy 
gods, Judah. Wherefore will ye 
plead with me? Ye all have trans- 
gressed against me, saith the Lord. 
In vain have I smitten your children; 
they received no correction: your 
own sword hath devoured your 
prophets, like a destroying lion. O 
generation, see ye the word of the 
Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto 
Israel ? a land of darkness ? Where- 
fore say my people, We are lords ; 
we will come no more unto thee? 
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or 
a bride her attire ? Yet my people 
have forgotten me days without num- 
ber. — 34. Also in thy skirts is found 
the blood of the souls of the poor inno- 
cents: I have not found it by secret 
search, but upon all these. Yet thou 
sayest, Because I am innocent, surely 
his anger shall turn from me. Be- 
hold, I will plead with thee, because 
thou sayest, I have not sinned. 

IT 3 : 5. Will he reserve his anger 
forever? will he keep it to the 
end? Behold, thou hast spoken and 
done evil things as thou couldest. 

7 : 23. But this thing commanded 
I them, saying, Obey my voice, and 
I will be your God, and ye shall be 
my people : and walk ye in all the 
ways that I have commanded you, 
that it may be well unto you. But 
they hearkened not, nor inclined 
their ear, but walked in the counsels 
and in the imagination of their evil 
heart, and went backward and not 
forward. Since the day that your 
fathers came forth out of the land of 
Egypt unto this day, I have even 
sent unto you all my servants the 
prophets, daily rising up early and 
sending them: yet they hearkened 
not unto me, nor inclined their ear, 
but hardened their neck: they did 
worse than their fathers. 

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you cleanness of teeth in all your 
cities, and want of bread in all your 
places: yet have ye not returned 
unto me, saith the Lord. And also 
I have withholden the rain from you, 
■when there were yet three months 
to the harvest : and I caused it to 
rain upon one city, and caused it 
not to rain upon another city ; one 
piece was rained upon, and the 
piece whereupon it rained not with- 
ered. So two or three cities wan- 
dered unto one city, to drink water; 
but they were not satisfied: yet have 
ye not returned unto me, saith the 
Lord. I have smitten you with 
blasting and mildew : when your 
gardens and your vineyards and 
your fig-trees and your olive-trees 
increased, the palmerworm devour- 
ed them: yet have ye not returned 
unto me, saith the Lord. I have 
sent among you the pestilence after 
the manner of Egypt: your young 
men have I slain with the sword, 
and have taken away your horses ; 
and I have made the stink of your 
camps tocome up unto your nostrils: 
yet have ye not returned unto me, 
saith the Lord. I have overthrown 
some of you, as God overthrew Sod- 
om and Gomorrah, and ye were as 
a firebrand plucked out of the burn- 
ing: yet have ye not returned unto 
me, saith the Lord. Therefore, 
thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: 
and because I will do this unto thee, 
prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. 
Jer. 25: 4. And the Lord hath 
sent unto you all his servants the 
prophets, rising early and sending 
them ; but ye have not hearkened, 
nor inclined your ear to hear. They 
said, Turn ye again now every one 
from his evil way, and from the evil 
of your doings, and dwell in the 
land that the Lord hath given unto 
you and to your fathers forever and 
ever: and go not after other gods to 
serve them, and to worship them, 
provoke me not to anger with the 
works of your hands: and I will do 
you no hurt. Yet ye have not heark- 
ened unto me, saith the Lord; that 
ye might provoke me to anger with 
the works of your hands to your 
own hurt. 

IT 17 : 5. Thus saith the Lord ; 
cursed be the man that trusteth in 
man, and maketh flesh his arm, and 
whose heart departeth from the 



Lord. For he shall be like the 
heath in the desert, and shall not 
see when good cometh ; but shall 
inhabit the parched places in the 
wilderness, in a salt land and not 
inhabited. Blessed is the man that 
trusteth in the Lord, and whose 
hope the Lord is. For he shall be 
as a tree planted by the waters, and 
that spreadeth out her roots by the 
river, and shall not see when heat 
cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; 
and shall not be careful in the year 
of drought, neither shall cease from 
yielding fruit. 

22: 13. Woe unto him that build- 
eth his house by unrighteousness, 
and his chambers by wrong ; that 
useth his neighbor's service without 
wages, and giveth him not for his 
work ; that saith, I will build me a 
wide house and large chambers, and 
cutteth him out windows; and it is 
ceiled with cedar, and painted with 
vermilion. Shalt thou reign, be- 
cause thou closest thyself in cedar? 
Did not thy father eat and drink, 
and do judgment and justice, and 
then it was well with him? He 
judged the cause of the poor and 
needy ; then it was well with him: 
was not this to know me? saith the 
Lord. But thine eyes and thine 
heart are not but for thy covetous- 
ness, and for to shed innocent blood, 
and for oppression, and for violence, 
to do it. 

5: 23. But this people hath a re- 
volting and a rebellious heart ; they 
are revolted and gone. Neither 
say they in their heart, Let us now 
fear the Lord our God, that giveth 
rain, both the former and the latter 
in his season : he reserveth unto us 
the appointed weeks of the harvest. 
Your iniquities have turned away 
these things, and your sins have 
withholden good things from you. 
For among my people are found 
wicked men : they lay wait, as he 
that setteth snares ; they set a trap, 
they catch men. As a cage is full 
of birds, so are their houses full of 
deceit: therefore they are become 
great, and waxen rich. They are 
waxen fat, they shine : yea, they 
overpass the deeds of the wicked: 
they judge not the cause, the cause 
of the fatherless, yet they prosper ; 
and the right of the needy do they 
not judge. Shall I not visit for these 
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my soul be avenged on such a na- 
tion as this? A wonderful and hor- 
rible thing is committed in the land ; 
the prophets prophesy falsely, and 
the priests bear rule by their means; 
and my people love to have it so ; 
and what will ye do in the end 
thereof ? 

Luke 16: SI. If they hear not 
Moses and the prophets ; neither 
would they be persuaded, though 
one rose from the dead. 

Lev. 26: 14. But if ye will not heark- 
en unto me, and will not do all these 
commandments ; and if ye shall de- 
spise my statutes, or if your soul 
abhor my judgments, so that ye will 
not do all my commandments ; but 
that ye break my covenant: I also 
will do this unto you ; I will even 
appoint over you terror, consump- 
tion, and the burning ague, that 
shall consume the eyes, and cause 
sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow 
your seed in vain, for your enemies 
shall eat it. And I will set my face 
against you, and ye shall be slain 
before your enemies: they that hate 
you shall reign over you ; and ye 
shall flee when none pursueth you. 
And if ye will not yet for all this 
hearken unto me, then I will punish 
you seven times more for your sins. 
And I will break the pride of your 
power; and I will make your heaven 
as iron, and your earth as brass : 
and your strength shall be spent in 
vain ; for your land shall not yield 
her increase, neither shall the trees 
of the land yield their fruits. And 
if ye walk contrary unto me, and 
will not hearken unto me ; I will 
bring seven times more plagues upon 
you according to your sins. I will 
also send wild beasts among you, 
which shall rob you of yonr child- 
ren, and destroy your cattle, and 
make you few in number ; and your 
high ways shall be desolate. And if 
ye will not be reformed by me by 
these things, but will walk contrary 
unto me ; then will I also walk con- 
trary unto you, and will punish you 
yet seven times for your sins. And 
I will bring a sword upon you, that 
shall avenge the quarrel of my 
covenant: and when ye are gathered 
together within your cities, I will 
send the pestilence among you ; and 
ye shall be delivered into the hand 
of the enemy. And when I have 
broken the staff of your bread, ten 
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women shall bake your bread in one 
oven. 

2. It resists the strongest obligation. 

Isa. 1 : 2. Hear, heavens! and 
give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath 
spoken. I have nourished and 
brought up children, and they have 
rebelled against me. The ox know- 
eth his owner, and the ass his mas- 
ter's crib; but Israel doth not know; 
my people doth not consider. 

5: 1. Now will I sing to my 
well-beloved a song to my beloved 
touching his vineyard. My well- 
beloved hath a vineyard in a very 
fruitful hill: and he fenced it and 
gathered out the stones thereof, and 
planted it with the choicest vine, 
and built a tower in the midst of it, 
and also made a wine-press therein: 
and he looked that it should bring 
forth grapes, and it brought forth 
wild grapes. And now, O inhabit- 
ants of Jerusalem, and men of Ju- 
dah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me 
and my vineyard. What could have 
been done more to my vineyard, 
that I have not done to it? Where- 
fore, when I looked that it should 
bring forth grapes, brought it forth 
wild grapes? and now, go to ; I 
will tell you what I will do to my 
vineyard : I will take away the 
hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten 
up ; and breakdown the wall there- 
of, and it shall be trodden down: 
and I will lay it waste: it shall not 
be pruned, nor digged ; for the vine- 
yard of the Lord of hosts is the 
house of Israel, and the men of Ju- 
dah his pleasant plant; and he look- 
ed for judgment, but behold oppres- 
sion ; for righteousness, but behold 
a cry. Woe unto them that join 
house to house, that lay field to field, 
till there be no place, that they may 
be placed alone in the midst of the 
earth ! 

49: 14. But Zion said, the Lord 
hath forsaken me, and my Lord 
hath forgotten me. Can a woman 
forget her sucking child, that she 
should not have compassion on the 
son of her womb? yea, they may 
forget, yet will I not forget thee. 
Behold, I have graven thee upon the 
palms of my hands ; thy walls are 
continually before me. 

If 54: 5. For thy Maker is thy hus- 
band; the Lord of hosts is his name; 



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and thy Redeemer the Holy One of 
Israel ; the God of the whole earth 
shall be called. For the Lord hath 
called thee as a woman forsaken 
and grieved in spirit, and a wife of 
youth, when thou wast refused, saith 
thy God. 

Jer. 3:14. Turn, backsliding 
children, saith the Lord ; for I am 
married unto you: and I will take 
you one of a city, and two of a fam- 
ily, and I will bring you to Zion : 
and I will give you pastors accord- 
ing to mine heart, which shall feed 
you with knowledge and under- 
standing. 

81 : 8. The Lord hath appeared 
of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have 
loved thee with an everlasting love: 
therefore with loving kindness have 
I drawn thee. Again I will build 
thee, and thou shalt be built, O vir- 
gin of Israel: thou shalt again be 
adorned with thy tabrets. 

Rom. 5: 8. God commendeth his 
love towards us, in that, while we 
were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 

John 15: 13. Greater love hath 
no man than this, that a man lay 
down his life for his friends. 

1 Cor. 6: 19. Ye are not your own ; 
for ye are bought with a price; there- 
fore glorify God, in your body and 
in your spirit, which are God's. 

2 Pet. 2:1. For there were false 
prophets also among the people, 
even as there shall be false teachers 
among you .... denying the Lord 
that bought them, and bringing upon 
themselves swift destruction. 

Acts 20: 28. Feed the church of 
God . . . which he hath purchased 
with his own blood. 

3. It resists conviction. 

John 3: 18. He that believeth not 
is condemned already, because he 
hath not believed in the name of 
the only begotten Son of God. And 
this is the condemnation ; that light 
has come into the world, and men 
loved darkness rather than light, be- 
cause their deeds are evil. For ev- 
ery one that-doeth evil hateth the 
light, neither cometh to the light, 
lest his deeds should be reproved. 

Rom. 7: 22. I delight in the law 
of God, after the inward man ; but 
I see another law in my members, 
warring against the law of my mind, 
and bringing me into captivity to 



the law of sin, which is in my mem- 
bers. — 12. The law is holy; and 
the commandment holy and just and 
good. — 14. For we know that the 
law is spiritual ; but I am carnal, 
sold under sin. For that which I 
do, I allow not ; for what I would, 
that do I not ; but what I hate, that 
do I. For I know that in me, that is 
in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing. 

John 15 : 22. If I had not come 
and spoken unto them they had not 
had sin : but now have they no cloak 
for their sin. He that hateth me 
hateth my Father also. If I had 
not done among them the works 
which no other man did, they had 
not had sin. 

Ex. 8:15. But when Pharaoh 
saw that there was respite, he har- 
dened his heart, and hearkened not 
unto them ; as the Lord had said. 

4. It is unremitting and impenitent. 

Isa. 22: 12. And in that day did 
the Lord God of hosts call to weep- 
ing, and to mourning, and to bald- 
ness, and to girding wfth sackcloth: 
and behold joy and gladness, slay- 
ing oxen, and killing sheep, eating 
flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat 
and drink ; for to-morrow we shall 
die. And it was revealed in mine 
ears by the Lord of hosts, surely 
this iniquity shall not be purged 
from you till ye die, saith the Lord 
God of hosts. 

Jer. 8: 5. Why then is this peo- 
ple of Jerusalem slidden back by a 
perpetual backsliding ? They hold 
fast deceit, they refuse to return. I 
hearkened and heard, but they spake 
not aright: no man repented him of 
his wickedness, saying, What have 
I done ? Every one turned to his 
course, as the horse rusheth into the 
battle. 

Eccl. 8: 11. Because sentence 
against an evil work is not executed 
speedily ; therefore the hearts of 
the sons of men are fully set in them 
to do evil. 

Isa. 26: 10. Let favor be shown 
to the wicked ; yet will he not learn 
righteousness: in the land of un- 
righteousness will he deal unjustly, 
and will not behold the majesty of 
the Lord. 

Ps. 58: 3. The wicked are es- 
tranged from the womb ; they go 
astray as soon as they be born, 



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speaking lies. Their poison is like 
the poison of a serpent ; they are 
like the deaf adder that stoppeth 
her ear: that will not hearken to 
the voice of the charmer, charming 
never so wisely. 

Pro v. 1 : 24. I have called and ye 
refused j I stretched out my hand 
and no man regarded. 

Ps.50: 21. These things hast thou 
done, and I kept silence ; thou 
thoughtest I was altogether such an 
one as thyself; but I will reprove 
thee, and set them in order before 
thine eyes. Now consider this, ye 
that forget God. 

Luke 16: 15. Ye are they which 
justify yourselves before men; but 
God knoweth your hearts. 

Rom. 2: 5. After thy hard and im- 
penitent heart thou treasurest up 
wrath against the day of wrath. 

Mat. 11:21. Woe unto thee Cho- 
razin ! Woe unto the Bethsaida ! 
for if the mighty works, which were 
done in you had been done in Tyre 
and Sidon, they would have re- 
pented long ago in sackcloth and 
ashes. 

Rev. 2: 21. I gave her space to 
repent of her fornication, but she 
repented not. 

Isa. 1 : 5. Why should ye be strick- 
en any more ? Ye will revolt yet 
more and more. 

Amos4: 6. I have given you clean- 
ness of teeth in all your cities, and 
want of bread in all your places, yet 
have ye not returned unto me ... I 
have withholden the rain from you, 
yet, &.c. .. I have smitten you with 
blasting and mildew ... I have sent 
among you the pestilence ... I have 
overthrown some of you as God 
overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, 
and ye were as a firebrand plucked 
out of the fire: yet have ye not re- 
turned unto me, saith the Lord. 

5. // is unfounded and unjust. 

John 15: 25. They hated me with- 
out a cause. 

Ps. 35: 19. Let not them that are 
mine enemies wrongfully rejoice 
over me ; neither let them wink 
with the eye that hate me without a 
cause. For they speak not peace ; 
but they devise deceitful matters 
against them that are quiet in the 
land. 

109:3. They compassed me about 



with words of hatred ; and fought 
against me without a cause. 

Mat. 26: 59. The chief priests 
and elders and all the council sought 
false witness against Jesus, to put 
him to death, but found none. 

Luke 23: 14. I, having examined 
him before you, have found no fault 
in this man touching those things 
whereof ye accuse him. 

Mat. 27: 18. He knew that for 
envy they had delivered him. 

John b: 46. Which of you con- 
vinced me of sin? And if I say 
the truth, why do ye not believe 
me? 

Jer. 2: 5. What iniquity have 
your fathers found in me, that they 
are gone far from me, and have 
walked after vanity? 

2 Chron. 19: 7. There is no in- 
iquity with the Lord. 

Deut. 32 : 4. A God of truth with- 
out iniquity, just and right is he. 

Ps. 19: 8. The statutes of the 
Lord are right, rejoicing the heart ; 
the commandments of the Lord are 
pure, enlightening the eyes ; the 
judgments of the Lord are true and 
righteous altogether. 

Deut. 10: 12. And now, Israel, 
what doth the Lord thy God require 
of thee, but to fear the Lord thy 
God, to walk in all his ways, and to 
love him, and to serve the Lord thy 
God, with all thy heart and with all 
thy soul ; to keep the command- 
ments of the Lord, and his statutes 
which I command thee this day for 
thy good. 

Acts 3: 14. Ye denied the Holy 
One and the just : and desired a 
a murderer to be released unto you ; 
and killed the Prince of life. 

Ps. 145: 17. The Lord is holy in 
all his works. 

Job 34: 10. Far be it from God, 
that he should do wickedness ; and 
from the Almighty, that he should 
commit iniquity. — 12. God will not 
do wickedly. — 23. He will not lay 
upon man more than right. 

Lam. 3: 38. Out of the mouth of 
the Most High proceedeth not evil 
and good. 

Mat. 11; 30. My yoke is easy, 
and my burden light. 

6. It is in the highest degree ungrateful. 

Ps. 109: 4. For my love they are 
mine adversaries .... they have re- 



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warded me evil for good, and hatred 
for my love. 

35: 11. False witnesses did rise 
up: they laid to my charge things 
that I knew not. They rewarded 
me evil for good. 

John 10: 32. Jesus answered 
them, Many good works have I 
shown you from my Father: for 
which of those works do ye stone me ? 

Jer. 2: 81. Have I been a wilder- 
ness unto Israel? 

Isa. 53: 4. He hath borne our 
griefs, and carried our sorrows . . . 
He was wounded for our transgres- 
sions ; he was bruised for our in- 
iquities ; the chastisement of our 
peace was upon him, and with his 
stripes are we healed. — 3. He was 
despised and rejected of men. 

Rom. 2: 4. Despisest thou the 
riches of God's goodness, and for- 
bearance, and long-suffering, not 
knowing that the goodness of God 
leadeth thee to repentance? 

Luke 23: 34. Father, forgive them; 
for they know not what they do. 

Deut. 32:6. Do ye thus requite 
the Lord, O foolish people and un- 
wise? Is he not thy Father that 
hath bought thee ? Hath he not 
made thee, and established thee ? 
— 18. Of the Rock that begat thee, 
thou art unmindful, and hast forgot- 
ten God that formed thee. 

Zech. 9: 17. How great is his 
goodness! how great is his bounty! 

Mal. 1:2. I have loved yon, saith 
the Lord. — 6. A son bonoreth his 
father, and a servant his master: if 
then I be a father, where is my hon- 
or 5 and if I be a master, where is 
my fear, saith the Lord of hosts? 

7. It is voluntary. 

Deut, SO: 15. See, I have set be- 
fore thee this day life and good ; 
death and evil. — 19. I call heaven 
and earth to record this day against 
you; that I have set before you life 
and death, blessing and cursing : 
therefore choose life, that both thou 
and thy seed may live. 

11:26. BehokL, I set before you 
this day, a blessing and a curse ; a 
blessing if ye obey the voice of the 
Lord your God, . . . and a curse if ye 
will not obey. 

Josh. 24. 15. Choose ye this day 
whom ye will serve. — 22. Ye have 
chosen you the Lord. 



I Kings 18: 21. How long halt ye 
between two opinions? If the Lord 
be God, follow him ; if Baal, follow 
him. 

Prov. 1 : 28. Then shall they call 
upon me, but I will not answer ; 
they shall seek me early, but shall 
not find me: for that they hated 
knowledge, and did not choose the 
fear of the Lord. 

John 5 : 40. Ye will not come unto 
me that ye might have life. 

Job 21 : 13. They spend their days 
in wealth, and in a moment go down 
to the grave ; therefore they say un- 
to God, Depart from us ; for we de- 
sire not the knowledge of thy ways. 

Isa. 65: 12. Because when I call- 
ed ye did not answer ; when I spake 
ye did not hear ; but did evil before 
mine eyes, and did choose that 
wherein I delighted not ; therefore, 
thus saith the Lord, Behold rny ser- 
vants shall eat, but ye shall be hun- 
gry, &c. ( This quality is implied 
in every representation of sinful ac- 
tion, and human guilt.) 

8. It occasions total insensibility to the 
claims of God. 

Eph. 2:1. And you hath he quick- 
ened who were dead in trespasses 
and sins, wherein in time past ye 
walked, according to the course of 
this world . . . the spirit that now 
worketh in the children of disobe- 
dience: among whom also we had 
our conversation in times past, in 
the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the 
desires of the flesh and of the mind. 

John 3; 7. Ye must be born again. 

1: 12. As many as received him, 
to them gave he power to become 
the sons of God, even to them that 
believe on his name ; which were 
born, not of blood, nor of the will of 
the flesh, nor of the will of man, but 
of God. 

Col. 2:13. You, being dead in 
your sins, and the uncircumcision of 
your flesh, hath he quickened, to- 
gether with him, having forgiven 
you all trespass. 

Eph. 2: 4. God, who is rich in 
mercy for his great love wherewith 
he loved us, even when we were dead 
m trespasses and sins, hath quicken- 
ed us together with Christ, 



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9. Produces misrepresentation, persecu- 
tion and mobs. 

1 Kings 18: 17. And it came to 
pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that 
Ahab said unto him, Art thou he 
that troubleth Israel? And he an- 
swered, I have not troubled Israel : 
but thou, and thy father's house, in 
that ye have forsaken the command- 
ments of the Lord, and thou hast 
followed Baalim. 

19:1. And Ahab told Jezebel all 
that Elijah had done, and withal how 
he had slain all the prophets with 
the sword. Then Jezebel sent a 
messenger unto Elijah, saying, So 
let the gods do to me, and more also, 
if I make not thy life as the life of 
one of them by to-morrow about this 
time. 

2 Kings 6: SI. Then he said, God 
do so and more also to me, if the 
head of Elisha, the son of Shaphat, 
shall stand on him this day. 

Luke 7: 31. Whereunto shall I 
liken the men of this generation ? 
and to what are they like? They 
are like unto children sitting in the 
market place, and calling one to 
another, and saying ; we have piped 
unto you, and ye have not danced ; we 
have mourned to you and ye have 
not wept. For John the Baptist 
eame neither eating bread nor drink- 
ing wine, and ye say he hatli a devil. 
The Son of man is come eating and 
drinking ; and ye say, behold a glut- 
tonous man and a wine bibber ; a 
friend of publicans and sinners. 

Mat. 12: 24. This fellow doth not 
cast out devils but by Beelzebub the 
prince of the devils. 

27: IS. He knew that for envy 
they had delivered him. — 20. The 
chief priests and elders persuaded 
the multitude, that they should ask 
Barabbas and destroy Jesus. 

Luke 23: 2. They began to ac- 
cuse him, saying, We found this fel- 
low perverting the nation, and for- 
bidding to give tribute to Caesar, say- 
ing, That he himself is Christ a king. 

If Acts 16: 19. When her masters 
saw that the hope of their gains was 
gone, they caught Paul and Silas, 
and drew them into the market-place 
unto the rulers, and brought them to 
the magistrates, saying, These men, 
being Jews, do exceedingly trouble 
our city ; and teach customs which 



are not lawful for us to observe, 
being Romans. 

17: 5. But the Jews which be- 
lieved not, moved with envy, took 
unto them certain lewd fellows of 
the baser sort, and gathered a com- 
pany, and set all the city on an up- 
roar, and assaulted the house of Ja- 
son, and sought to bring them out 
to the people. 

19: 24. A certain man named De- 
metrius, a silversmith, which made 
silver shrines for Diana, brought 
no small gain unto the craftsmen ; 
whom he called together, with the 
workmen of like occupation, and 
said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft 
we have our wealth. Moreover ye 
see and hear that not alone at Ephe- 
sus, but almost throughout all Asia, 
this Paul hath persuaded and turned 
away much people, saying, That 
they be no gods which are made with 
hands. So that not only this our 
craft is in danger to be set at naught, 
but also that the temple of the great 
goddess Diana should be despised, 
and her magnificence should be de- 
stroyed . . . and the whole city was 
filled with confusion. — 32. Some, 
therefore, cried one thing and some 
another ; for the assembly was con- 
fused ; and the more part knew not 
wherefore they were come together. 
... All therefore, for about the space 
of two hours, cried out, Great is Di- 
ana of the Ephesians. 



§ 4. DISPOSITION TOWARDS MEN. 

(Thou shalt love thy neighbor as 
thyself.) 

I. Supreme selfishness seen in the trans- 
actions of life. 

Prov. 20: 10. Divers weights and 
divers measures, both of them alike 
are an abomination unto the Lord. 
— 14. It is naught, it is naught saith 
the buyer. But when he is gone his 
way, then he boasteth. 

Ps. 94: 5. They break in pieces 
thy people, and afflict thy heritage. 
They slay the widow and the stran- 
ger, and murder the fatherless. Yet 
they say, The Lord shall not see . . . 
They gather themselves together 
against the soul of the righteous, and 
condemn the innocent blood. 



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Jer. 4: 31. For I have heard a 
voice as of a woman in travail, and 
the anguish as of her that bringeth 
forth her first child, the voice" of the 
daughter of Zion, that bevvaileth 
herself, that spreadeth her hands, 
saying, Woe is me now! for my 
soul is wearied because of mur- 
derers. 

5:1. Run ye to and fro through 
the streets of Jerusalem, and see 
now, and know, and seek in the 
broad places thereof, if ye can find 
a man, if there be any that execut- 
eth judgment, that seeketh the truth ; 
and I will pardon it. And though 
they say. The Lord liveth ; surely 
they swear falsely. Lord, are 
not thine eyes upon the truth ? 
Thou hast stricken them, but they 
have not grieved ; thou hast con- 
sumed them, but they have refused 
to receive correction : they have 
made their faces harder than a rock ; 
they have refused to return. There- 
fore I said, Surely these are poor; 
they are foolish: for they know not 
the way of the Lord, nor the judg- 
ment of their God. I will get me 
unto the great men, and will speak 
unto them ; for they have known 
the way of the Lord, and the judg- 
ment of their God: but these have 
altogether broken the yoke, and 
burst the bonds. 

6: 13. For from the least of them 
even unto the greatest of them every 
one is given to covetousness ; and 
from the prophet even unto the 
priest every one dealeth falsely. 
They have healed also the hurt of 
the daughters of my people slightly, 
saying, Peace, peace, when there 
is no peace. Were they ashamed 
when they had committed abomina- 
tion? Nay, they were not at all 
ashamed, neither could they blush: 
therefore they shall fall among them 
that fall: at the time that I visit 
them they shall be cast down, saith 
the Lord. 

1T 9 : 3. For they proceed from 
evil to evil, and they know not me, 
saith the Lord.- Take ye heed every 
one of his neighbor, and trust ye not 
in any brother : for every brother 
will utterly supplant, and every 
neighbor will walk with slanders. 
And they will deceive every one his 
neighbor, and will not speak the 
truth : they have taught their tongue 



! to speak lies, and weary themselves 
! to commit iniquity. Thine habita- 
: tion is in the midst of deceit ; through 
' deceit they refuse to know me, saith 
i the Lord. Therefore thus saith the 
I Lord of hosts, Behold, 1 will melt 
I them, and try them, for how shall I 
| do for the daughter of my people ? 
! Their tongue is as an arrow shot 
! out; it speaketh deceit: one speak- 
eth peaceably to his neighbor with 
his mouth, but in heart he layeth his 
wait. Shall 1 not visit them for 
these things? saith the Lord: shall 
not my soul be avenged on such a 
nation as this? For the mountains 
will I take up a weeping and wail- 
ing, and for the habitations of the 
wilderness a lamentation, because 
they are burned up, so that none can 
pass through them. 

Ezex. 8: 17. Is it a light thing 
to the house of Judah that they com- 
mit the abominations which they 
commit here ? for they have filled 
the land with violence, and have 
returned to provoke me to anger. 

IT 22 : 6. Behold, the princes of 
Israel, every one were in thee to 
their power to shed blood. In thee 
have they set light by father and 
mother: in the midst of thee have 
they dealt by oppression with the 
stranger : in thee have they vexed 
the fatherless and the widow. Thou 
hast despised mine holy things, and 
hast profaned my sabbaths. In thee 
are men that carry tales to shed 
blood: and in thee they eat upon 
the mountain: in the midst of thee 
they commit lewdness. In thee have 
they discovered their fathers' naked- 
ness : in thee have they humbled her 
that was set apart for pollution. And 
one hath committed abomination with 
his neighbor's wife ; and another hath 
lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law ; 
and another in thee hath humbled his 
sister, his father's daughter ; in thee 
have they taken gifts to shed blood ; 
thou hast taken usury and increase, 
and thou hast greedily gained of thy 
neighbors by extortion, and hast for- 
gotten me, saith the Lord God. — 25. 
There is a conspiracy of her proph- 
ets in the midst thereof, like a roar- 
ing lion ravening the prey ; they 
have devoured souls ; they have 
taken the treasure and precious 
things ; they have made her many 
widows in the midst thereof. Her 



GH. III.] DISPOSITION TOWARDS MEN. SELFISHNESS. 



Ill 



priests have violated my law, and 
have profaned mine holy things : 
they have put no difference between 
the* holy and profane, neither have 
they showed difference between the 
unclean and the clean, and have hid 
their eyes from my sabbaths, and I 
am profaned among them. Her 
princes in the midst thereof are like 
wolves ravening the prey, to shed 
blood, and to destroy souls, to get 
dishonest gain. And her prophets 
have daubed them with unteinpered 
mortar, seeing vanity, and divining 
lies onto them, saying, Thus saith 
the Lord God, when the Lord hath 
not spoken. The people of the land 
hare used oppression, and exercised 
robbery, and have vexed the poor 
and needy : \ ea, they have oppressed 
the stranger Wrongfully. And I 
sought for a man among them, that 
should make up the hedge, and stand 
in the gap before me for the land, 
that I should not destroy it: but I 
found none. Therefore have I 
poured out mine indignation upon 
them ; I have consumed them with 
the fire of my wrath : their own way 
have I recompensed upon their heads, 
saith the Lord God. 

1T Amos 8 : 2. The end is come 
upon my people of Israel ; I will not 
again pass by them any more. And 
the songs of the temple shall be 
bowlings in that day, saith the Lord 
God: there shall be many dead bod- 
ies in every place ; they shall cast 
them forth with silence. Hear this, 
O ye that swallow up the needy, 
even to make the poor of the land to 
fail, saying, When will the new 
moon be gone, that we may sell 
corn? and the sabbath, that we may 
set forth wheat, making the ephah 
small, and the shekel great, and falsi- 
fying the balance by deceit? That 
we may buy the poor for silver, and 
the needy for a pair of shoes ; yea, 
and self the refuse of the wheat? 
The Lord hath sworn by the excel- 
lency of Jacob, surely I will never 
forget any of their works. Shall 
not the land tremble for this, and 
every one mourn that dwelleth 
ti erein? 

Micah 7: 2. The good man is 
perished out of the earth; and there 
is none upright among men: they 
all lie in wait for blood: they hunt 
every man his brother with a net. 



That they may do evil with both 
hands earnestly, the prince asketh, 
and the judge asketh for a reward ; 
and the great man, he uttereth his 
mischievous desire: so they wrap it 
up. The best of them is a brier: 
the most upright is sharper than a 
thorn-hedge : the day of thy watch- 
men and thy visitation cometh ; now 
shall be their perplexity. Trust ye 
not in a friend, put ye no confidence 
in a guide: keep the doors of thy 
mouth from her that lieth in thy 
bosom. For the son dishonoreth the 
father, the daughter riseth up against 
her mother, the daughter-in-law 
against her mother-in-law ; a man's 
enemies are the men of his own 
house. 

Mark 9: 34. By the way, they 
disputed among themselves, who 
should be the greatest. 

John 5: 44. How can ye believe, 
that receive honor one of another? 

2. In Evil Speaking. 

Ps. 50: 19. Thou gavest thy 
mouth to evil ; and thy tongue frameth 
deceit: thou sittest and speakest 
against thy own mother's son. 

52: 2. Thy tongue deviseth mis- 
chief like a sharp razor, working 
deceitfully. Thou lovest evil more 
than good, and lying rather than 
to Speak righteousness. Thou lovest 
all devouring words, thou deceit- 
ful tongue. 

Ezek. 33: 30. Also, thou son of 
man, the children of thy people still 
are talking against thee by the walls 
and in the doors of the houses, and 
speak one to another, every one to his 
brother, saying, Come, I pray you, 
and hear what is the word that 
cometh forth from the Lord. And 
they come unto thee as the people 
cometh, and they sit before thee as 
my people, and they hear thy words, 
but they will not do them: for with 
their mouth they show much love, 
but their heart goeth after their cove- 
tousness. 

Ps. 12: 2. With flattering lips 
and a double heart they do speak. 

31:13. I have heard the slanders 
of many, while they took counsel 
against me. 

64 : 2. Hide me from the secret 
counsel of the wicked . . . who whet 
their tongue like a sword, and bend 
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even bitter words ; that they may 
shoot in secret at the perfect. 
(See Government of the Tongue.) 



CHAPTER IV. 

IMPOSSIBLE TO DELIVER HIMSELF. 

John 7: 19. Did not Moses give 
you the law, and yet none of you 
keepeth the law? 

Mat. 5: 19. Whosoever therefore 
shall break one of these least com- 
mandments, and shall teach men 
so, he shall be called least in the 
kingdom of heaven. 

Rom. 1: 18. For the wrath of 
God is revealed from heaven against 
all ungodliness and unrighteousness 
of men, who hold the truth in un- 
righteousness. 

2 : 1. Therefore thou art inex- 
cusable, O man, whosoever thou art 
that judgest ; for wherein thou judg- 
est another thou condemnest thyself. 
For thou that judgest doest the same 
things. — 12. For as many as have 
sinned without law shall perish with- 



out law ; and as many as have sinned 
in the law shall be judged by the 
law. 

3: 19. What things the law 
saith, it saith to them who are under 
the law, that every mouth may be 
stopped, and every tongue become 
guilty before God. Therefore by 
the deeds of the law shall no flesh 
be justified in his sight ; for by the 
law is the knowledge of sin. — 23. 
All have sinned and come short of 
the glory of God. 

4: 3. Abraham believed God, and 
it was counted unto him for right- 
eousness. — 15. The law worketh 
wrath ; for where no law is, there is 
no transgression. — 21. Sin hath 
reigned unto death. 

6: 23. The wages of sin is death. 

James 2 : 10. For whosoever 
shall keep the whole law, and yet 
offend in one point, he is guilty 
of all. 

Deut. 27: 26. Cursed be he that 
confirmeth not all the words of this 
law to do them. 

Rom. 10: 5. Moses describeth 
the righteousness which is of the 
law ; that the man that doeth those 
things shall live by them. 

(See the following Topic.) 



FIFTH GENERAL TOPIC. 



DESERT OF SIN. 



Gen. 4: 11. And now art thou 
cursed from the earth, which hath 
opened her mouth to receive thy 
brother's blood ftom thy hand ; when 
thou tillest the ground, it shall not 
henceforth yield unto thee her 
strength ; a fugitive and a vagabond >. 
shalt thou be in the earth. 

6:13. And God said unto Noah, j 
The end of all flesh is come before 
me j for the earth is filled with vio- ; 
lence through them j and, behold, I j 
will destroy them with the earth. 



18: 20. Because the cry of Sodom 
and Gomorrah is great, and because 
their sin is very grievous ; I will go 
down now, and see whether they 
have done altogether according to 
the cry of it, which is come unto me. 

19: 24. Then the Lord rained 
upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah 
brimstone and fire from the Lord 
out of heaven. And he overthrew 
those cities and all the plain. 

Ex. 12 : 29. And it came to 
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smote all the first-born in the land of 
Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh 
that sat on his throne, unto the first- 
born of the captive that was in the 
dungeon ; and all the first-born of 
cattle. And Pharaoh rose up in the 
night, he, and all his servants, and all 
the Egyptians ; and there was a great 
cry in Egypt ; for there was not a 
house where there was not one dead. 

S3 : 4. And when the people heard 
these evil tidings, they mourned: and 
no man did put on him his ornaments. 
For the Lord had said unto Moses, 
Say unto the children of Israel, Ye 
are a stiff-necked people: I will come 
up into the midst of thee in a mo- 
ment, and consume thee: therefore 
now put off thy ornaments from 
thee, that I may know what to do 
unto thee. And the children of Is- 
rael stripped themselves of their 
ornaments by the mount Horeb. 

Lev. IS: 24. Defile not ye your- 
selves in any of these things: for 
in all these the nations are defiled 
which I cast out before you: and the 
land is defiled: therefore I do visit 
'the iniquity thereof upon it, and the 
land itself vomiteth out her inhabi- 
tants. Ye shall therefore keep my 
statutes and my judgments, and shall 
not commit any of these abomina- 
tions ; neither any of your own 
nation, nor any stranger that sojourn- 
eth among you: (for all these abom- 
inations have the men of the land 
done, which were before you, and 
the land is defiled ;) that the land 
spue not you out also, when ye de- 
file it, as it spued out the nations 
that were before you. For whoso- 
ever shall commit any of these abom- 
inations, even the souls that commit 
them shall be cut off from among 
their people. 

IT Deut. 28. 15. But it shall come 
to pass, if thou wilt not hearken 
unto the voice of the Lord thy God, 
to observe to do all his command- 
ments and his statutes which I com- 
mand thee this day ; that all these 
curses shall come upon thee, and 
overtake thee: cursed shalt thou be 
iu the city, and cursed shalt thou 
be in the field. Cursed shall be thy 
basket and thy store. Cursed shall 
be the fruit of thy body, and the 
fruit of thy land, the increase of thy 
kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 
Cursed shalt thou be when thou 
IS 



comest in, and cursed shalt thou be 
when thou goest out. The Lord 
shall send upon thee cursing, vexa- 
tion, and rebuke, in all that thou 
settest thine hand unto for to do, 
until thou be destroyed, and until 
thou perish quickly ; because of the 
wickedness of thy doings, whereby 
thou hast forsaken me. The Lord 
shall make the pestilence cleave 
unto thee, until he have ronsumed 
thee from off the land, whither thou 
goest to possess it. The Lord shall 
smite thee with a consumption, and 
with a fever, and with an inflamma- 
tion, and with an extreme burning, 
and with the sword, and with blast- 
ing, and with mildew ; and they 
shall pursue thee until thou perish. 
And thy heaven that is over thy 
head shall be brass, and the earth 
that is under thee shall be iron. 
The Lord shall make the rain of 
thy land powder and dust : from 
heaven shall it come down upon 
thee, until thou be destroyed. The 
Lord shallcause thee to be smitten 
before thine enemies: thou shalt go 
out one way against them, and flee 
seven ways before them: and shalt 
be removed into all the kingdoms of 
the earth. And thy carcass shall be 
meat unto all fowls of the air, and 
unto the beasts of the earth, and no 
man shall fray them away. The 
Lord will smite thee with the botch 
of Egypt, and with the emerods, 
and with the-scab, and with the itch, 
whereof thou canst not be healed. 
The Lord shall smite thee with 
madness, and blindness, and aston- 
ishment of heart: and thou shalt 
grope at noon-day, as the blind 
gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt 
not prosper in thy ways: and thou 
shalt be only oppressed and spoiled 
evermore, and no man shall save 
thee. — 53. And thou shalt eat the 
fruit of thine own body, the flesh of 
thy sons and of thy daughters, which 
the Lord thy God hath given thee, 
in the siege, and in the straitness, 
wherewith thine enemies shall dis- 
tress thee: so that the man that is 
tender among you, and very delicate, 
his eye shall be evil toward his 
brother, and toward the wife of his 
bosom, and toward the remnant of 
his children which he shall leave: 
so that he will not give to any of 
them of the flesh of his children 
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nothing left him in the siege, and in 
the straitness, wherewith thine ene- 
mies shall distress thee in all thy 
gates. The tender and delicate 
woman among you, which would 
not adventure to set the sole of her 
foot upon the ground for delicate- 
ness and tenderness, her eye shall 
be evil toward the husband of her 
bosom, and toward her son, and 
toward her daughter, and toward 
her young one that cometh out from 
between her feet, and toward her 
children which she shall bear: for 
she shall eat them for want of all 
things secretly in the siege and 
straitness, wherewith thine enemy 
shall distress thee in thy gates. If 
thou wilt not observe to do all the 
words of this law that are written 
in this book, that thou mayest fear 
this glorious and fearful name, the 
Lord thy God ; then the Lord will 
make thy plagues wonderful, and 
the plagues of thy seed, even great 
plagues, and of long continuance, 
and sore sicknesses, and of long 
continuance. Moreover he will 
bring upon thee all the diseases of 
Egypt, which thou wast afraid of ; 
and they shall cleave unto thee. 
Also every sickness, and every 
plague, which is not written in the 
book of this law, them will the 
Lord bring upon thee, until thou 
be destroyed. And ye shall be left 
few in number, whereas ye were as 
the stars of heaven for multitude ; 
because thou wouldest not obey the 
voice of the Lord thy God. And 
it shall come to pass, that as the 
Lord rejoiced over you to do you 
good, and to multiply you ; so the 
Lord will rejoice over you to 
destroy you, and to bring you to 
nought ; and ye shall be plucked 
from off the land whither thou goest 
to possess it. And the Lord shall 
scatter thee among all people, from 
the one end of the earth even unto 
the other ; and there thou shalt serve 
other gods, which neither thou nor 
thy fathers have known, even wood 
and stone. And among these nations 
shalt thou find no ease, neither shall 
the sole of thy fooriiave rest: but 
the Lord shall give thee there a 
trembling heart, and failing of eyes, 
and sorrow of mind: and thy life 
shall hang in doubt before thee ; and 
thou shalt fear day and night, and 
shalt have none assurance of thy 



life: in the morning thou shalt say, 
Would God it were even ! and at even 
thou shalt say, Would God it were 
morning! for the fear of thine heart 
wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the 
sight of thine eyes which thou shalt 
see. And the Lord shall bring thee 
into Egypt again with ships, by the 
way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou 
shalt see it no more again : and 
there ye shall be sold unto your 
enemies for bondmen and bond- 
women, and no man shall buy you. 

Num. 15: 30. But the soul that 
doeth aught presumptuously, wheth- 
er he be born in the land, or a 
stranger, the same reproacheth the 
Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off* 
from among his people. Because 
he hath despised the word of the 
Lord, and hath broken his com- 
mandment, that soul shall utterly be 
cut off; his iniquity shall be upon 
him. 

21:5. And the people spake against 
God, and against Moses, Wherefore 
have ye brought us up out of Egypt 
to die in the wilderness? for there 
is no bread, neither is there any 
water ; and our soul loauieth this 
light bread. And the Lord sent 
fiery serpents among the people, and 
they bit the people ; and much peo- 
ple of Israel died. 

IF 16: 31. And it came to pass, as 
he had made an end of speaking 
all these words, that the ground 
clave asunder that was under them: 
and the earth opened her mouth, and 
swallowed them up, and their houses, 
and all the men that appertained 
unto Korah, and all their gods. 
They, and all that appertained to 
them, went down alive into the pit, 
and the earth closed upon them: 
and they perished from among the 
congregation. And all Israel that 
were round about them fled at the 
cry of them: for they said, Lest the 
earth swallow us up also. And 
there came out a fire from the Lord, 
and consumed the two hundred and 
fifty men that offered incense. 

Deut. 32: 19. And when the 
Lord saw it, he abhorred them, 
because of the provoking of his 
sons, and of his daughters. And 
he said, I will hide my face from 
them, I will see what their end shall 
be : for they are a very fro ward gen- 
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They have moved me to jealousy 
with that which is not God ; they 
have provoked me to anger with 
their vanities: and I will move them 
to jealousy with those which are not 
a people ; I will provoke them to 
anger with a foolish nation. — 25. 
The sword without, and terror with- 
in, shall destroy both the young man 
and the virgin, the suckling also with 
the man of grey hairs. I said, I 
would scatter them into corners, I 
would make the remembrance of 
them to cease from among men: 
were it not that I feared the wrath 
of the enemy, lest their adversaries 
should behave themselves strangely ; 
and lest they should say, Our hand 
is high, and the Lord hath not done 
all this. — 34. Is not this laid up in 
store with me, and sealed up among 
my treasures? To me belongeth ven- 
geance, and recompense ; their foot 
shall slide in due time: for the day 
of their calamity is at hand, and the 
things that shall come upon them 
make haste. 

2 Kings 21: 10. And the Lord 
spake by his servants the prophets, 
saying, Because Manasseh, king of 
Judah, hath done these abominations, 
and hath done wickedly above all 
that the Amorites did, which were 
before him, and hath made Judah 
also to sin with his idols : therefore 
thus saith the Lord God of Israel, 
Behold, I am bringing such evil upon 
Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoev- 
er heareth of it, both his ears shall 
tingle. And I will stretch over Je- 
rusalem the line of .Samaria, and the 
plummet of the house of Ahab ; and 
I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wi- 
peth a dish, wiping it, and turning 
it upside down. And I will forsake 
the remnant of mine inheritance, and 
deliver them into the hand of their 
enemies ; and they shall become a 
prey and a spoil to all their enemies ; 
because they have done that which 
was evil in my sight, and have pro- 
voked me to anger, since the day 
their fathers came forth out of Egypt, 
even unto this day. Moreover Ma- 
nasseh shed innocent blood very 
much, till he had filled Jerusalem 
from one end to another ; beside his 
sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, 
in doing that which was evil in the 
sight of the Lord. 

f Job 4: 8. They that plow iniqui- 



ty and sow wickedness, reap the 
same. By the blast of God they per- 
ish, and by the breath of his nostrils 
are they consumed. 

5:1. And to which of the saints 
wilt thou turn ? for wrath killeth the 
foolish man, and envy slayeth the 
silly one. I have seen the foolish 
taking root: but suddenly I cursed 
his habitation, his children are far 
from safety, and they are crushed in 
the gate, neither is there any to de- 
liver them. Whose harvest the hun- 
gry eateth up, and taketh it even out 
of the thorns, and the robber swal- 
loweth up their substance. 

15: 20. The wicked man travail- 
eth with pain all his days, and the 
number of years is hidden to the op- 
pressor. A dreadful sound is in his 
ears : in prosperity the destroyer 
shall come upon him. He believeth 
not that he shall return out of dark- 
ness, and he is waited for of the 
sword. He wandereth abroad for 
bread, saying, where is it? he know- 
eth that the day of darkness is ready 
at his hand. Trouble and anguish 
shall make him afraid ; they shall 
prevail against him, as a king ready 
to the battle. For he stretcheth out 
his hand against God, and strength- 
ened! himself against the Almighty. 
He runneth upon him, even on his 
neck, upon the thick bosses of his 
bucklers. 

18: 5. Yea, the light of the wick- 
ed shall be put out, and the spark of 
his fire shall not shine. The light 
shall be dark in his tabernacle, and 
his candle shall be put out with him. 
The steps of his strength shall be 
straitened, and his own counsel shall 
cast him down. For he is cast into 
a net by his own feet, and he walk- 
eth upon a snare. — 11. Terrors 
shall make him afraid on every side, 
and shall drive him to his feet, his 
strength shall be hunger-bitten, and 
destruction shall be ready at his side. 
— 14. His confidence shall be rooted 
out of his tabernacle, and it shall 
bring him to the king of terrors. — 1 6. 
His roots shall be dried up beneath, 
and above shall his branch be cut off. 
His remembrance shall perish from 
the earth. 

20: 4. Knowcst thou not this of 
old, since man was placed upon 
earth, that the triumphing of the 
wicked is short, and the joy of the 
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his excellency mount up to the heav- 
ens, and his head reach unto the 
clouds ; yet he shall perish forever. 

They which have seen him shall 

say, Where is he? — 12. Though 
wickedness be sweet in his mouth, 
though he hide it under his tongue ; 
though he spare it, and forsake it not, 
but keep it still within his mouth : yet 
his meat in his bowels is turned, it 
is the gall of asps within him. He 
hath swallowed down riches, and he 
shall vomit them up again : God shall 
cast them out of his belly. — 19. Be- 
cause he hath oppressed and hath 
forsaken the poor ; because he hath 
violently taken away an house which 
he builded not. — 27. The heavens 
shall reveal his iniquity ; and the 
earth shall rise up against him. The 
increase of his house shall depart, 
and his goods shall flow away in the 
day of his wrath. This is the portion 
of a wicked man from God, and the 
heritage appointed unto him by God. 

IF 21 : 16. Lo, their good is not 
in their hand: the counsel of the 
wicked is far from me. How oft is 
the candle of the wicked put out ? 
and how oft cometh their destruction 
upon them ? God distributed! sor- 
rows in his anger. They are as stub- 
ble before the wind, and as chaff that 
the storm carrieth away. God layeth 
up his iniquity for his children: he 
rewardeth him, and he shall know 
it. His eyes shall see his destruction, 
and he shall drink of the wrath of 
the Almighty. For what pleasure 
hath he in his house after him, when 
the number of his months is cut off 
in the midst ? — 30. That the wick- 
ed is reserved to the day of destruc- 
tion ? they shall be brought forth to 
the day of wrath. 

Ps. 7:11. God judgeth the right- 
eous, and God is angry with the 
wicked every day. If he turn not, he 
will whet his glittering sword: he 
hath bent his bow, and made it 
readjr. He hath also prepared for 
him the instruments of death. He 
ordaineth his arrows against the per- 
secutors. . . . He made a pit and is 
fallen into the diTch which he made. 
His mischief shall return upon his 
own head, and his violent dealing 
shall come down upon his own pate. 
11 : 5. The wicked and him 
that loveth violence his soul hateth. 
Upon the wicked he shall rain 



snares, fire and brimstone, and an 
horrible tempest. This shall be the 
portion of their cup. 

12:8. The Lord shall cut off all 
flattering lips, and the tongue that 
speaketh proud things ; who have 
said, with our tongue will we pre- 
vail ; our lips are our own: who is 
Lord over us ? 

14: 4. Have all the workers of in- 
iquity no knowledge, who eat up my 
people as they eat bread, and call 
not upon the Lord? There were they 
in great fear ; for God is in the gen- 
eration of the righteous. 

1 : 4. The ungodly are not so: but 
are like the. chaff which the wind 
driveth away. Therefore the ungodly 
shall not stand in the judgment ; nor 
sinners in the congregation of the 
righteous. 

"2: 4. He that sitteth in the heav- 
ens shall laugh: the Lord shall have 
them in derision. Then shall he 
speak unto them in his wrath, and vex 
them in his sore displeasure. — 10. 
Be wise, now, therefore, O ye kings ! 
Be instructed, ye rulers of the earth. 
9: 16. The wicked is snared in 
the work of his own hands. The 
wicked shall be turned into hell, and 
all the nations that forget God. 

21 : 8. Thy right hand shall find 
out those that hate thee. Thou shalt 
make them as a fiery oven in the 
time of thine anger. The Lord shall 
swallow them up in his wrath. 

26: 9. Gather not my soul with 
sinners, nor my life with bloody 
men. In whose hand is mischief, 
ami their right hand is full of bribes. 
31 : 23. The Lord . . . plentifully 
rewardeth the proud doer. 

32: 10. Many sorrows shall be 
to the wicked. 

34: 16. The face of the Lord 
is against them that do evil ; to cut 
off the remembrance of them from 
the earth. — 21. Evil shall slay the 
wicked ; and they that hate the 
righteous shall be desolate. 

87: 1. Fret not thyself because 
of evil doers ; neither be thou envi- 
ous at the workers of iniquity ; for 
they shall soon be cut down like the 
grass. — 9. Evil doers shall be cut 
off. Yet a little while and the wick- 
ed shall not be ; thou shalt diligently 
consider his place, and it shall not be. 
— 13. The Lord shall laugh at him, 
for he seeth that his day is coming. 
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their own heart. — S5. I have seen 
the wicked in great power and 
spreading himself like a green bay 
tree, yet he passed away, and lo ! 
he was not. Yea I sought him, but 
he could not be found. 

73: 16. When I thought to know 
this it was too painful for me, until 
I went into the sanctuary of the 
Loan. Then understood I their 
end. Surely thou didst set them in J 
slippery places; thou castedst them 
down into destruction. How are 
they brought into desolation as in 
a moment. They are utterly con- 
sumed with terror. 

IT 75: S. For in the hand of the 
Lord there is a cup, and the wine : 
is red ; it is full of mixture ; and he 
poureth out the same ; but the dregs i 
thereof all the wicked of the earth | 
shall wring them out and drink 
them. 

76: 10. Thou wilt cause the wrath 
of man to praise thee; and the re- 
mainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. 

112: 10. The desire of the wick- 
ed shall perish. 

140:11. Evil shall hunt the vio- 
lent man to overthrow him. 

Prov. 1 : 23. I also will laugh at 
your calamity, and will mock when 
your fear cometh ; when your fear 
cometh as a desolation, and your de- 
struction as a whirlwind: when dis- 
tress and anguish cometh upon you. 
Then shall they call upon me ; bat I 
will not answer ; they shall seek me 
but they shall not find me: for that 
they hated knowledge, and did not 
choose the fear of the Lord ; they 
would none of my counsel ; they 
despised all my reproof ; there- 
fore shall they eat of the fruit of 
their own way ; and be fed with 
their own devices. The turning 
away of the simple shall slay them. 

2: 22. The wicked shall be cut 
off from the earth ; and the trans- 
gressor shall be rooted out. 

3: 33. The curse of the Lord is 
in the house of the wicked ; surely 
he scorneth the scorners . . . shame 
shall be the promotion of fools. 

5 : 22. His own iniquity shall 
take the wicked himself; and he 
shall be holden with the cords of 
his sin. He shall die without in- 
struction, and in the greatness of 
his folly shall he go astray. 

6 : 14. Frowardness is in his 



heart, and he deviseth mischief con- 
tinually. He soweth discord. There- 
fore shall his calamity come sudden- 
ly. Suddenly shall he be broken 
without remedy. 

9 : 12. If thou scornest, thou 
alone shalt bear it. 

10: 7. The name of the wicked 
shall rot. — 24. The fear of the 
wicked, it shall come upon him. As 
the whirlwind passeth : so is the 
wicked no more. The years of the 
wicked shall be shortened ; the ex- 
pectation of the wicked shall perish: 
destruction shall be to the workers 
of iniquity. 

11: 2. When pride cometh, then 
cometh shame. The perverseness 
of transgressors shall destroy them. 
The wicked shall fall by his own 
wickedness. W r hen a wicked man 
dieth, his expectation shall perish ; 
and the hope of the unjust man 
perisheth. He that pursueth evil, 
pursueth it to his own death. 
Though hand join in hand, the 
wicked shall not go unpunished. 

IS: 9. The lamp of the wicked 
shall be put out. — 15. The way of 
transgressors is hard. Evil pur- 
sueth sinners. The wealth of the 
sinner is laid up for the just. 

14: 9. Fools make a mock at sin. 
— 11. The house of the wicked shall 
be overthrown . . . There is a way 
that seemeth right unto a man, but 
the end thereof are the ways of 
death. Even in laughter the heart 
is sorrowful: and the end of that 
mirth is heaviness. 

16: 4. The Lord hath made all 
things for himself; yea, even the 
wicked for the day of evil. 

1T17: 13. Whoso rewardeth evil 
j for good, evil shall not depart from 
' his house. 

22: 8. He that soweth iniquity 
! shall reap vanity. 

i 24: 20. There shall be no re- 
i ward to the evil man. The candle 
of the wicked shall be put out. 

29: 1. He that being often re- 
proved hardeneth his neck, shall 
suddenly be destroyed, and that 
without remedy. 

Isa. 3: 10. Say ye to the right- 

- eous, that it shall be well with him: 

I for they shall eat the fruit of their 

doings. Woe unto the. wicked! it 

shall be ill with him: for the reward 

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5: 13. Therefore my people are 
gone into captivity, because they 
have no knowledge: and their hon- 
orable men are famished, and their 
multitude dried up with thirst. 
Therefore hell hath enlarged her- 
self, and opened her mouth without 
measure: and their glory, and their 
multitude, and their pomp, and he 
that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. 
And the mean man shall be brought 
down, and the mighty man shall he 
humbled, and the eyes of the lofty 
shall be humbled: but the Lord of 
hosts shall be exalted in judgment, 
and God that is holy shall be sancti- 
fied in righteousness. — 18. Woe unto 
them that draw iniquity with cords 
of vanity, and sin as it were with a 
cart-rope: that say, Let him make 
speed, and hasten his work, that we 
may see it: and let the counsel of 
the Holy One of Israel draw nigh 
and come, that we may know it! 
Woe unto them that call evil good, 
and good evil ; that put darkness 
for light, and light for darkness ; 
that put bitter for sweet, and sweet 
for bitter! Woe unto them that are 
wise in their own eyes, and prudent 
in their own sight! Woe unto them 
that are mighty to drink wine, and 
men of strength to mingle strong 
drink: which justify the wicked for 
reward, and take away the righte- 
ousness of the righteous from him! 
Therefore as the fire devoureth the 
stubble, and the flame consumeth 
the chaff, so their root shall be as 
rottenness, and their blossom shall 
go up as dust. . .therefore is the anger 
of the Lord kindled against his peo- 
ple, and he hath stretched forth his 
hand against them, and hath smitten | 
them: and the hills did tremble, and 
their carcasses were torn in the I 
midst of the streets. For all this | 
his anger is not turned away, but | 
his hand is stretched out still. 

1F8:21. And they shall passthrough 
it, hardly bestead and hungry: and i 
it shall come to pass, that when they ( 
shall be hungry, they shall fret them- 
selves, and ctrrse their king and 
their God, and look upward. And 
they shall look unto the earth ; and 
behold trouble and darkness ; dim- 
ness of anguish ; and they shall be 
driven to darkness. 

10 : 1. Woe unto them that 



decree unrighteous decrees,'and that 
write grievousness which they have 
prescribed ; to turn aside the needy 
from judgment, and to take away 
the right from the poor of my peo- 
ple, that widows may be their prey: 
and that they may rob the father- 
less ; and what will ye do in the 
day of visitation, and in the desola- 
tion which shall come from far ? 
To whom will ye flee for help? 

13: 6. Howl ye: for the day of 
the Lord is at hand ; it shall come 
as a desolation from the Almighty. 
Therefore shall all hands be faint, 
and every man's heart shall melt, 
and they shall be afraid. . . . Behold 
the day of the Lord cometh, cruel 
both with wrath, and fierce anger, 
to lay the land desolate ; and he 
shall destroy the sinners thereof out 
ofit. 

24: 1. Behold, the Lord maketh 
the earth empty, and maketh it 
waste, and turneth it upside down, 
and scattereth abroad the inhabit- 
ants thereof. And it shall be, as with 
the people, so with the priest ; as 
with the servant, so with his mas- 
ter ; as with the maid, so with her 
mistress ; as with the buyer, so with 
the seller ; as with the lender, so 
with the borrower ; as with the ta- 
ker of usury, so with the giver of 
usury to him. The land shall be 
utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled, 
for the Lord hath spoken this word. 
The earth mourneth and fadeth 
away, the world lauguisheth and 
fadeth awa}', the haughty people of 
the earth do languish. The earth 
also is defiled under the inhabitants 
thereof; because they have trans- 
gressed the laws, changed the ordi- 
nance, broken the everlasting cove- 
nant. Therefore hath the curse 
devoured the earth, and they that 
dwell therein are desolate : there- 
fore the inhabitants of the earth are. 
burned, and few men left. — 16. 
The treacherous dealers have dealt 
treacherously ; yea, the treacherous 
dealers have dealt very treacherous- 
ly. Fear, and the pit, and the snare 
are upon thee, O inhabitant of the 
earth. And it shall come to pass, 
that he who fleeth from the noise of 
the fear shall fall into the pit ; and 
he that cometh up out of the midst 
of the pit shall be taken in the 
snare. 



PART II. 

WAY OF SALVATION BY GRACE. 



PART II. 

THE WAY OF SALVATION BY GRACE. 



FIRST GENERAL TOPIC 



PROVISIONS ON THE PART OF GOD. 



CHAPTER I. 

THE CURSE OF THE LAW REMOVED 
AND PROBATION RENEWED BY 
THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST. 

Ye are bought with a price. — 1 Cor. 6 : 20. 

Christ our Redeemer. 

§ 1. TYPES. 

Num. 21 : 8. And the Lord said 
unto Moses, Make thee a fiery ser- 
pent, and set it upon a pole : and it 
shall come to pass, that every one 
that is bitten, when he looketh upon 
it, shall live. And Moses made a 
serpent of brass, and put it upon a 
pole, and it came to pass, that if a 
serpent had bitten any man, when 
he beheld the serpent of brass he 
lived. 

John 3: 14. As Moses lifted up 
the serpent in the wilderness, even 
so must the Son of man be lifted up. 
Lev. 16: 11. And Aaron shall 
bring the bullock of the sin-offering 
which is for himself, and shall make 
an atonement for himself and for his 
house ... He shall sprinkle the blood 
upon the mercy-seat seven times . . . 
Then shall he kill the goat of the 
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sin-offering that is for the people . . . 
And he shall make an atonement for 
the holy place, because of the un- 
cleanness of the children of Isi*ael. 

17: 11. For the life of the flesh is 
in the blood ; and I have given it to 
you upon the altar, to make an atone- 
ment for your souls ; for it is the 
blood, that maketh an atonement for 
the soul. 

1 Cor. 5: 7. Christ our passover 
is sacrificed for us. 

Heb. 7: 18. For there is verily a 
disannulling of the commandment 
going before, for the weakness and 
unprofitableness thereof, (for the law 
made nothing perfect,) but the bring- 
ing in of a better hope did; by the 
which we draw nigh unto God. — 23. 
And they truly were many priests, 
because they were not suffered to 
continue by reason of death : but this 
man, because he continueth ever, 
hath an unchangeable priesthood: 
wherefore he is able also to save 
them to the uttermost that come unto 
God by him, seeing he ever liveth to 
make intercession for them. For such 
a high-priest became us, who is holy, 
harmless, undefined, separate from 
sinners, and made higher than the 
heavens ; who needeth not daily, 
as those high-priests, to offer up sa- 
crifice, first for his own sins, and 



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then for the people's : for this he did 
once., when he offered up himself. 

8:1. Now of the things which we 
have spoken this is the sum : Ave 
have such a high-priest, who is set 
on the right hand of the throne of 
the Majesty in the heavens ; a min- 
ister of the sanctuary, and of the 
true tabernacle, which the Lord 
pitched and not man. For every 
nigh-priest is ordained to offer gifts 
and sacrifices: wherefore it is of ne- 
cessity that this man have somewhat 
also to offer. — 6. But now hath he 
obtained a more excellent ministry, 
by how much also he is the mediator 
of a better covenant, which was es- 
tablished upon better promises. For 
if that first covenant had been fault- 
less, then should no place have been 
sought for the second. 

IF 9 : 6. Now when these things were 
thus ordained, the priests went al- 
ways into the first tabernacle, ac- 
complishing the service of God: but 
into the second went the high-priest 
alone once every year, not without 
blood, which he offered for himself, 
and for the errors of the people ; the 
Holy Ghost this signifying, that the 
way into the Holiest of all was not 
yet made manifest, while as the first 
tabernacle was yet standing : which 
was a figure for the time then pres- 
ent, in which were offered both gifts 
and sacrifices, that could not make 
him that did the service perfect, as 
pertaining to the conscience; which 
stood only in meats and drinks, and 
divers washings, and carnal ordinan- 
ces, imposed on them until the time 
of reformation. But Christ being- 
come a high-priest of good things to 
come, by a greater and more perfect 
tabernacle, not made with hands, 
(that is to say, not of this building:) 
neither by the blood of goats and 
calves, but by his own blood, he en- 
tered in once into the holy place, 
having obtained eternal redemption 
for us. For if the blood of bulls and 
of goats, and the ashes of a heifer, 
sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to 
the purifying of the flesh ; how much 
more shall thelSlood of Christ, who 
through the Eternal Spirit offered 
himself without spot to God, purge 
your conscience from dead works to 
serve the living God ! And for this 
cause he is the mediator of the New 
Testament, that by means of death, 



for the redemption of the transgres- 
sions that were under the first testa- 
ment, they which are called might re- 
ceive the promise of eternal inherit- 
ance. — 22. And almost all things are 
by the law purged with blood ; and 
without shedding of blood is no re- 
mission. It was therefore necessary 
that the patterns of things in the heav- 
ens should be purified with these ; but 
the heavenly things themselves with 
better sacrifices than these. For 
Christ is not entered into the holy 
places made Avith hands, Avhich are 
the figures of the true ; but into 
heaven itself, noAV to appear in the 
presence of God for us : nor yet that 
he should offer himself often, as the 
high-priest entereth into the holy 
place every year Avith blood of others; 
for then must he often have suffered 
since the foundation of the Avorld : 
but noAV once in the end of the Avorld 
hath he appeared, to put aAvay sin by 
the sacrifice of himself. And as it 
is appointed unto men once to die, 
but after this the judgment : so Christ 
was once offered to bear the sins of 
mairy ; and unto them that look for 
him shall he appear the second time 
Avithout sin unto salvation. 

IT 10: 1. For the laAv having a 
shadoAV of good things to come, and 
not the very image of the things, 
can never with those sacrifices, Avhich 
they offered year by year continually, 
make the comers thereunto perfect. 
For then AA r ould they not have ceased 
to be offered ? because that the wor- 
shippers once purged should have 
had no more conscience of sins. But 
in those sacrifices there is a remem- 
brance again made of sins every 
year. For it is not possible that the 
blood of bulls and of goats should 
take away sins. — 9. He taketh away 
the first, that he may establish the 
second. By the Avhich will we are 
sanctified through the offering of the 
body of Jesus Christ once for all. 
And every priest standeth daily min- 
istering and offering oftentimes the 
same sacrifices, which can never 
take away sins : but this man, after 
he had offered one sacrifice for sins, 
forever sat down on the right hand 
of God, from henceforth expecting 
till his enemies be made his footstool. 
For by one offering he hath perfected 
forever them that are sanctified. — 
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ness to enter into the holiest by the 
blood of Jesus, by a new and living 
way, which he hath consecrated for 
us, through the vail, (that is to say, 
his flesh ;) and having a high-priest 
over the house of God ; let us draw 
near with a true heart, in full assur- 
ance of faith, having our hearts 
sprinkled from an evil conscience, 
and our bodies washed with pure 
water. — 26. For if we sin wilfully 
after that we have received the 
knowledge of the truth, there re- 
maineth no more sacrifice for sins, 
but a certain fearful looking for of 
judgment and fiery indignation, which 
shall devour the adversaries. He 
that despised Moses' law died with- 
out mercy under two or three wit- 
nesses : of how much sorer punish- 
ment, suppose ye, shall he be thought 
worthy, who hath trodden under foot 
the Son of God, and hath counted 
the blood of the covenant, where- 
with he was sanctified, an unholy 
thing, and hath done despite unto 
the Spirit of grace ? 



§ 2. VARIOUS REPRESENTATIONS OF ! 

THE SUFFERINGS AND DEATH OF : 

CHRIST, AS THE FOUNDATION OF 
OUR DELIVERANCE. 

Isa. 35 : 9. But the redeemed 
shall walk there ; and the ransomed 
of the Lord shall return, and come 
to Zion with songs, and everlasting 
joy upon their heads : they shall j 
obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow | 
and sighing shall flee away. 

59: 16. And he saw that there was j 
no man, and wondered that there 
was no intercessor : therefore his j 
arm brought salvation unto him ; 
and his righteousness, it sustained 
him. For he put on righteousness 
as a breastplate, and an helmet of 
salvation upon his head. 

60: 16. And thou shalt know that 
I the Lord am thy Savior, and thy ; 
Redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob. I 

Joe 19: 25. I know that my Re- j 
deemer liveth. 

Isa. 53 : 4. Surely he hath 
born* our griefs, and carried our ; 
sorrows. . . He was wounded for our | 
transgressions ; he was bruised for 
our iniquities ; the chastisement of 
our peace was upon him and with his 
Btripes are we healed. All we like 
sheep have gone astray : we have 



turned every one to his own way ; 
and the Lord hath laid on him the 
iniquity of us all. He was oppressed 
and he was afflicted ; yet he opened 
not his mouth ; he is brought as a 
lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep 
before her shearers is dumb, so he 
opened not his mouth . . . He was 
cut off, out of the land of the living: 
for the transgression of my people 
was he stricken . . . He had done no 
violence ; neither was any deceit 
in his mouth ; yet it pleased the 
Lord to bruise him ; he hath put 
him to grief; when thou shalt make 
his soul an offering for sin, he shall 
see his seed ; he shall prolong his 
days*; and the pleasure of the Lord 
shall prosper in his hand. He shall 
see of the travail of his soul and shall 
be satisfied. By his knowledge shall 
my righteous servant justify many ; 
for he shall bear their iniquities. 

Dan. 9: 24. Seventy weeks are 
determined upon thy people and 
upon thy holy city, to finish the 
transgression, and to make an end 
of sins, and to make reconciliation 
for iniquity, and to bring in ever- 
lasting righteousness, and to seal up 
the vision and prophecy, and to 
anoint the Most Holy. Know there- 
fore and understand, that from the 
going forth of the commandment to 
restore and to build Jerusalem unto 
the Messiah, the Prince, shall be sev- 
en weeks, and threescore and two 
weeks : the street shall be built 
again, and the wall, even in trou- 
blous times. And after threescore 
and two weeks shall Messiah be cut 
off, but not for himself. 

IF John 1 : 29. The next day John 
seeth Jesus coming unto him, and 
saith, Behold the Lamb of God, 
which taketh away the sin of the 
world ! This is he of whom I said, 
After me cometh a man which is pre- 
ferred before me ; for he was before 
me. And I knew him not : but that 
he should be made manifest to Israel, 
therefore am I come baptizing with 
water. And John bare record, say- 
ing, I saw the Spirit descending 
from heaven like a dove, and it 
abode upon him. And I knew him 
not : but he that sent me to baptize 
with water, the same said unto me, 
Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit 
descending and remaining on him, 
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the Holy Ghost. And I saw and 
bare record, that this is the Son of 
God. 

Eph. 1:7. In whom we have re- 
demption through his blood, the for- 
giveness of sins. 

Mat. 20: 23. The Son of man 
came not to be ministered unto, but 
to minister and to give his life a 
ransom for many. (M. 10: 45.) 

Isa. 35: 10. The ransomed of the 
Lord shall come to Zion with songs. 

1 Tim. 2: 6. Who gave himself a 
ransom for all. 

1 Cor. 6: 20. Ye are bought with 
a price. 

Acts 20: 28. Feed the church of 
God, which he has purchased with 
his own blood. 

1 Peter 1: 18. Forasmuch as ye 
know that ye were not redeemed 
with corruptible things as silver and 
gold . . . but with the precious blood 
of Christ, as of a lamb without blem- 
| ish and without spot. 

Rom. 4: 25. Who was delivered 
for our offences, and was raised 
again for our justification. 

3 : 24. Being justified freely 
by his grace, through the redemp- 
tion that is in Christ Jesus ; whom 
God hath set forth to be a propitia- 
tion, through faith in his blood, to 
declare his righteousness for the re- 
mission of sins that are past, through 
the forbearance of God : to declare, 
I say, at this time his righteousness : 
that he might be just, and the justi- 
fier of him that believethin Jesus. 

1 John 2: 2. He is the propitia- 
tion for our sins : and not for ours 
only, but for the sins of the whole 
world. 

4: 10. Herein is love, that God. . . 
sent his Son to be the propitiation 
for our sins. 

Rom. 5: 6. For when we were yet 
without strength, in due time Christ 
died for the ungodly. For scarcely 
for a righteous man will one die ; 
yet peradventure for a good man 
some would even dare to die. But 
God commendeth his love toward 
us, in that while we were yet sin- 
ners Christ died for us. Much more 
then, being now justified by his 
blood, we shall be saved from wrath 
through him. For if when we were 
enemies, we were reconciled to God 
by the death of his Son ; much more, 
being reconciled, we shall be saved 
by his life. And not only so, but 



we also joy in God, through our 
Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we 
have now received the atonement. 

Gal. 3: 13. Christ, hath redeemed 
us from the curse of the law, being 
made a curse for us : (for it is writ- 
ten, Cursed is every one that hang- 
eth on a tree ;) that the blessing of 
Abraham might come on the Gen- 
tiles through Jesus Christ ; that we 
might receive the promise of the 
Spirit through faith. 

2 Cor. 5: 18. And all things are 
of God, who hath reconciled us to 
himself by Jesus Christ, and hath 
given to us the ministry of reconcil- 
iation ; to wit, that God was in 
Christ, reconciling the world unto 
himself, not imputing their tres- 
passes unto them ; and hath com- 
mitted unto us the word of reconcil- 
iation. Now then we are ambassa- 
dors for Christ, as though God did 
beseech you by us : we pray you in 
Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to 
God. For he hath made him to be 
sin for us, who knew no sin ; that 
we might be made the righteousness 
of God in him. 

1 Cor. 1 : 30. Christ Jesus, who, 
of God is made unto us wisdom, 
and righteousness, and sanctification 
and redemption. 

Titus 2: 14. He gave himself for 
us that he might redeem us from all 
iniquity. 

U Rev. 5: 9. Thou hast redeemed 
us to God by thy blood. 

John 12: 32. I, if I be lifted up 
from the earth, will draw all men 
unto me. 

Rom. 8: 34. Who is he that con- 
demneth? it is Christ that died: yea 
rather, that is risen again ; who is 
even at the right hand of God, who 
also maketh intercession for us. — 
Who shall separate us from the love 
of Christ? shall tribulation, or dis- 
tress, or persecution or famine, or 
nakedness, or peril, or sword ? As 
it is written, " For thy sake we are 
killed all the day long ; we are ac- 
counted as sheep for the slaughter." 
(Ps. 44: 22.) Nay, in all these things 
we are more than conquerors,through 
him that loved us. For I am per- 
suaded, that neither death, nor life, 
nor angels, nor principalities, nor 
powers, nor things present, nor 
things to come, nor height, nor depth, 
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to separate us from the love of God 
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

1 Cor. 1: IS. For the preaching 
of the cross is to them that perish 
foolishness ; but unto us which are 
saved it is the power of God. 

Heb. 2: 14. Forasmuch then as 
the children are partakers of flesh 
and blood, he also himself likewise 
took part of the same ; that through 
death he might destroy him that had 
the power of death, that is, the devil, 
and deliver them, who, through fear 
of death, were all their life-time sub- 
ject to bondage. For verily he took 
not on him the nature of Angels ; 
but he took on him the seed of Abra- 
ham. Wherefore in all tilings it be- 
hoved him to be made like unto his 
brethren ; that he might be a merci- 
ful and faithful High Priest in things 
pertaining to God, to make reconcil- 
iation for the sins of the people. 
For in that he himself hath suffered, 
being tempted, he is able to succor 
them that are tempted. 

Gal. 1 : 4. Who gave himself for 
our sins, that he might deliver us 
from this present evil world. 

1 Cor. 1 : 23. We preach Christ 
crucified. 

2:2. I determined not to know 
any thing among you save Jesus 
Christ, and him crucified. 

Gal. 5:1. Before whose eyes, Je- 
sus Christ hath been evidently set 
forth, crucified, among j^ou. 

1 Cor. 15:3. Christ died for our 
sins. 

1 Tim. 2: 5. There is one God 
and one Mediator between God and 
man, the Man Christ Jesus. 

Rom. 5: 10. We were reconciled 
to God, by the death of his Son. 

2 Cor. 5: 18. God hath reconciled 
us to himself by Jefsus Christ. God 
was in Christ reconciling the world 
unto himself. 

Col. 1:19. It pleased the Father 
that in him should all fulness dwell, 
and having made peace through the 
blood of his cross, by him to recon- 
cile all things to himself. 

Rom. 5:1. We have peace with 
God, through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Eph. 2: 13. But now, in Christ 
Jesus, ye, who sometimes were far 
off, are made nigh by the blood of 
Christ : for he is our peace, who 
hath made both one, and hath broken 
down the middle wall of partition ; 
having abolished in his flesh the en- 



mity even the law of commandments, 
contained in ordinances ; for to make 
in himself of twain one new man ; 
so making peace ; and that he might 
reconcile both unto God, in one body 
by the cross, having slain the enmity 
thereby. 

1F 5: 2. Christ hath given himself 
for us, an offering and a sacrifice to 
God. 

Rev. 13:8. The Lamb slain from 
the foundation of the world. 

5:6.1 beheld, and lo in the midst 
of the throne and of the four beasts, 
and in the midst of the elders, stood 
a Lamb, as it had been slain. — 9. 
They sung a new song; saying, 
Thou art worthy to take the book. . . 
for thou wast slain and hast redeem- 
ed us to God by thy blood. — 12. 
Worthy the Lamb that was slain. 

John 10: 15. I lay down my life 
for the sheep. 

Acts 4: 12. There is none other 
name under heaven given among 
men, whereby we must be saved - y 
but the name of Jesus Christ. 

Rom. 3: 21. But now, the right- 
eousness of God, without the law is 
manifested, being witnessed by the 
law and the prophets ; even the 
righteousness of God, which is by 
faith in Jesus Christ, unto all and 
upon all them that believe. 

1 Peter 3: 18. Christ hath once 
suffered for sins, that he might bring 
us unto God. 

2Cor. 5: 14. If one died for all, 
then were all dead. He died for 
all that they which live should live 
unto him who died for them. 

Acts 15: 11. We believe that 
through the grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ we shall be saved. 

Eph. 2: 5. By grace are ye saved. 

Mat. 26: 26. And as they were 
eating, Jesus took bread and blessed 
and brake it, and gave it to the dis- 
ciples, and said, take, eat ; this is my 
body. And he took the cup and 
gave thanks, and gave it to them, 
saying, Drink ye all of it ; for this is 
my blood of the New Testament, 
which is shed for many, for the re- 
mission of sins. 

Gal. 2:15. We who are Jews by 
nature, and not sinners of the Gen- 
tiles, knowing that a man is not jus- 
tified by the works of the law, but 
by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we 
have believed in Jesus Christ, that 



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we might be justified by the faith of 
Christ, and not by the works of the 
law : for by the works of the law 
shall no flesh be justified. But if, 
while we seek to be justified by 
Christ, we ourselves also are found 
sinners, is therefore Christ the min- 
ister of sin ? God forbid. For if I 
build again the things which I de- 
stroyed, I make myself a transgres- 
sor. For I through the law am dead 
to the law, that I might live unto 
God. I am crucified with Christ : 
nevertheless, I live ; yet not I, but 
Christ liveth in me : and the life 
which I now live in the flesh, I live 
by the faith of the Son of God, who 
loved me, and gave himself for me. 
I do not frustrate the grace of God: 
for if righteousness come by the law, 
then Christ is dead in vain. 

S : 19. Wherefore then serveth the 
law ? It was added because of trans- 
gressions, till the seed should come 
to whom the promise was made ; 
and it was ordained by angels in the 
hand of a mediator. Now a media- 
tor is not a mediator of one ; but God 
is one. " Is the law then against 
the promises of God ? " God forbid : 
for if there had been a law given 
which could have given life, verily 
righteousness should have been by 
the law. But the scripture hath con- 
cluded all under sin, that the prom- 
ise by faith of Jesus Christ might be 
given to them that believe. But be- 
fore faith came, we were kept under 
the law, shut up unto the faith 
which should afterwards be reveal- 
ed. Wherefore the law was our 
schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, 
that we might be justified by faith. 

1 Peter 2: 24. Who, his own 
self, bore our sins in his own body, 
on the tree, that we being dead to 
sins should live unto righteousness ; 
by whose stripes we are healed. 



§ 3. THIS DELIVERANCE PROVIDED 
FOR THE WHOLE WORLD. 

Rom. 5 : 12. ^Wherefore as by 
one man sin entered into the world, 
and death by sin ; and so death 
passed upon' all men, for that all 
have sinned — for until the law, sin 
was in the world ; but sin is not 
imputed when there is no law ; 
nevertheless, death reigned from 



Adam to Moses, even over them 
that had not sinned after the simili- 
tude of Adam's transgression, who 
is the figure of him that was to 
come. But not as the offence, so 
also is the free gift. For if through 
the offence of one many be dead, 
much more the grace of God, and 
the gift by grace, which is by one 
man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded 
unto many. And not as it was by 
one that sinned, go is the gift. 
For the judgment was by one to 
condemnation, but the free gift is of 
many offences unto justification. 
For if by one man's offence, death 
reigned by one ; much more they 
which receive abundance of grace, 
and of the gift of righteousness, 
shall reign in life by one, Jesus 
Christ. Therefore, as by the offence 
of one judgment came upon all men 
to condemnation, even so by the 
righteousness of one the free gift 
came upon all men unto justification 
of life. For as by one man's diso- 
bedience many were made sinners, 
so by the obedience of one shall many 
be made righteous. Moreover the 
law entered, that the oflence might 
abound. But where sin abounded, 
grace did much more abound: that 
as sin hath reigned unto death, even 
so might grace reign through right- 
eousness unto eternal life, by Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

1 John 2: 2. He is the propitia- 
tion for our sins ; and not for ours 
only: but for the sins of the whole 
world. 

Heb. 2: 9. We see Jesus, who 
was made a little lower than the 
angels for the suffering of death 
crowned with gloiy and honor, that 
he, by the grace of God, should 
taste death for every man. — 17. 
To make reconciliation for the sins 
of the people. 

1 Tim. 4: 10. We trust in the 
living God, who is the Savior of all 
men, specially of those that believe. 

2: 1. I exhort, therefore that 
first of all supplications, prayers, 
intercessions and giving of thanks 
be made for all men ; for kings and 
for all that are in authority, for this 
is good and acceptable in the sight 
of God our Savior, who will have 
all men to be saved, and to come to 
the knowledge of the truth. For 
there is one God, and one Mediator 
between God and man, the Man 



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Jesus Christ, who gave himself a 
ransom for all to be testified in due 
time. 

2 Cor. 5: 19. God was in Christ, 
reconciling the world unto himself. 

Mat. 18: 11. The Son of man 
is come to save that which was 
lost. 

John 3: 17. God sent not his 
Son into the world to condemn the 
world, but that the world through 
him might be saved. 

10: 9. By me if any man enter 
in he shall be saved. 

1F1 Tim. 1. 15. Christ Jesus came 
into the world to save sinners, of 
whom I am chief. 

Heb. 7: 25. He is able to save 
unto the uttermost, all who come 
unto God by him. 

Mat. 13: 10. Take heed that ye 
despise not one of these little ones: 
for I say unto you, That in heaven 
their angels do always behold the 
face of my Father which is in heav- 
en. For the Son of man is come to 
save that which was lost. How think 
ye ? If a man have a hundred sheep, 
and one of them be gone astray, doth 
he not leave the ninety and nine, and 
goeth into the mountains, and seek- 
eth that which is gone astray ? And 
if so be that he find it, verily I say 
unto you, he rejoiceth more of that 
sheep, than of the ninety and nine 
which went not astray. Even so it 
is not the will of your Father which 
is in heaven, that one of these little 
ones should perish. 

Luke 13: 34. O Jerusalem, Jeru- 
salem, which killest the prophets and 
stonest them that are sent unto thee, 
how often would I have gathered 
thy children together as a hen doth 
gather her brood under her wings, 
and ye would not. Behold, your 
house is left unto you desolate. 

John 3: 16. For God so loved the 
world, that he gave his only begot- 
ten Son, that whosoever believcth in 
him should not perish, but have ev- 
erlasting life. For God sent not his 
Son into the world, to condemn the 
world ; but that the world through 
him might be saved. He that believ- 
eth on him is not condemned ; but 
he that believeth not, is condemned 
already, because he hath not believ- 
ed in the name of the only begotten 
Son of God. And this is the condem- 
nation, that light is come into the 



world, and men loved darkness rath- 
er than light, because their deeds 
were evil. For every one that doeth 
evil hateth the light, neither cometh 
to the light, lest his deeds should be 
reproved. But he that doeth truth, 
cometh to the light, that his deeds 
may be made manifest, that they are 
wrought in God. 

1 Cor. 15: 21. Since by man came 
death, by man came also the resur- 
rection of the dead. For as in Adam 
all die, even so in Christ shall all be 
made alive. 

2 Cor. 5: 14. For the love of 
Christ constraineth us ; because we 
thus judge, that if one died for all, 
then were all dead : and that he died 
for all, that they which live should 
not henceforth live unto themselves, 
but unto him who died for them, and 
rose again. 

Luke 24: 46. Thus it is written, 
and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, 
and to rise from the dead the third 
day ; and that repentance and remis- 
sion of sins might be preached in his 
name among all nations, beginning 
at Jerusalem. 



CHAPTER II. 

FITNESS OF CHARACTER PROVIDED 
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. 

[For the character of this agent, see 
" God denominated the Holy Spir- 
it, Sec. page 65.] 

§ 1. CONVINCING OF SIN. 

John 16:8. When he is come, he 
will reprove the world of sin, and 
of righteousness, and of judgment. 

Acts 6: 10. They were not able to 
resist the wisdom and the Spirit, by 
which he [Stephen] spake. 



§ 2. RENEWING THE HEART. 

Ezek. 11: 19. I will put a new 
spirit within you. 

36: 26. A new heart also will I 
give you, and a new spirit will I put 
within you. And I will take away 



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the stony heart out of your flesh, and 
I will give you a heart of flesh. And 
I will put my Spirit within you, and 
cause you to walk in my statutes, 
and ye shall keep my judgments and 
do them. 

John 3 : 5. Jesus answered, Veri- 
ly, verily, I say unto thee, Except 
a man be born of water, and of 
the Spirit, he cannot enter into the 
kingdom of God. That which is 
born of the flesh is flesh ; and that 
which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye 
must be born again. The wind blow- 
eth where it listeth, and thou near- 
est the sound thereof, but canst not 
tell whence it cometh, and whither 
it goeth : so is every one that is born 
of the Spirit. 

6 : 63. It is the Spirit that quick- 
eneth. 

Ro. 8:1. There is therefore now 
no condemnation to them that are in 
Christ Jesus, who walk not after the 
flesh but after the Spirit. For the 
law of the Spirit of Christ, hath 
made me free from the law of sin 
and death. 

2 Cor. 3:3. Ye are the epistle of 
Christ, . . . written with the Spirit 
of the Living God, ... in fleshly ta- 
bles of the heart. 

Gal. 3: 3. Having begun in the 
Spirit, are ye now made perfect by 
the flesh ? 

Ti. 3: 5. God, according to his 
mercy saved us, by the washing of 
regeneration, and renewing of the 
Holy Ghost. 

1 Pet. 1 : 22. Ye have purified 
your souls in obeying the truth 
through the Spirit. 

Col. 2: 13. And you, being dead 
in your sins and the uncircumcision 
of your flesh, hath he quickened to- 
gether with him, having forgiven 
you all trespasses. 



§ 3. ENLIGHTENING, SANCTIFYING, 
AND UPHOLDING THE CHRISTIAN. 

Mat. 26: 28. This is my blood of 
the New Testament, which is shed 
for many, for the remission of 
sins. 

Neh. 9: 20. Thou gavest thy good 
spirit to instruct them. 

Ps. 143: 9. Deliver me, Lord, 
from mine enemies: I flee unto thee 



to hide me. Teach me to do thy 
will ; for thou art my God : thy Spir- 
it is good ; lead me into the land of 
uprightness. 

Is a. 32: 14. The palaces shall be 
forsaken ; the multitude of the city 
shall be left . . . until the Spirit be 
poured upon us from on high, and 
the wilderness be a fruitful field . . . 
then judgment shall dwell in the wil- 
derness, and righteousness remain in 
the fruitful field: and the work of 
righteousness shall be peace, and 
the effect of righteousness, quietness 
and assurance forever. 

Zech. 4: 6. Thus saith the word 
of the Lord 5 not by might, nor by 
power, but by my Spirit saith the 
Lord, shall ye prevail. 

12: 10. I will pour upon the house 
of David, and upon the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and 
of supplication. 

Mat. 3:11. He shall baptize you 
with the Holy Ghost. 

Ps. 51: 11. Take not thy Holy 
Spirit from me. Restore unto me 
the joys of thy salvation, and uphold 
me by thy free spirit: then will I 
teach transgressors thy ways, and 
sinners shall be converted unto thee. 

John 7 : 37. If any man thirst, 
let him come unto me and drink. 
He that believeth on me, as the 
Scripture hath said, Out of his belly 
shall flow rivers of living water. 
But this spake he of the Spirit, which 
they who believed on him should re- 
ceive y for the Holy Ghost was not 
yet given ; because Jesus was not 
yet glorified. 

14: 14. If ye shall ask any thing 
in my name, I will do it. If ye love 
me, keep my commandments : and I 
will pray the Father, and he shall 
give you another Comforter, that he 
may abide with you forever ; even 
the Spirit of truth ; whom the world 
cannot receive, because it seeth him 
not, neither knoweth him: but ye 
know him ; for he dwelleth with 
you, and shall be in you. — 25. 
These things have I spoken unto 
you, being yet present with you. 
But the Comforter, which is the 
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will 
send in my name, he shall teach you 
all things, and bring all things to 
your remembrance, whatsoever I 
have said unto you. 

15: 26. But when the Comforter 
is come, whom I will send unto you 



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from the Father, even the Spirit of 
truth, which proceedeth from the 
Father, he shall testify of me. 

16:8. It is expedient for you that 
I go away: for if I go not away, the 
Comforter will not come unto you ; 
but if I depart, I will send him unto 
you. And when he is come, he will 
reprove the world of sin, and of 
righteousness, and of judgment: of 
sin, because they believe not on me ; 
of righteousness, because I go to my 
Father, and ye see me no more ; of 
judgment, because the prince of this 
world is judged. I have yet many 
things to say unto you, but ye can- 
not bear them now. Howbeit, when 
he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he 
will guide you into all truth : for he 
shall not speak of himself; but what- 
soever he shall hear, that shall he 
speak: and he will show you things 
to come. He shall glorify me : for he 
shall receive of mine, and shall show 
it unto you. 

IFActs 1: 5. John truly baptized 
with water, but ye shall be baptized 
with the Holy Ghost not many days 
hence. 

2:1. When the day of Pentecost 
was fully come, they were all with 
one accord in one place. And sud- 
denly there came a sound from heav- 
en, as of a rushing mighty wind, and 
it filled all the house where they 
were sitting. . . And they were filled 
with the Holy Ghost, and began to 
speak with other tongues, as the 
Spirit gave them utterance. 

10: 44. While Peter yet spake 
these words, the Holy Ghost fell on 
all them which heard the word. And 
they of the circumcision which be- 
lieved were astonished, as many as 
came with Peter, because that on 
the Gentiles also was poured out the 
gift of the Holy Ghost, for they 
heard them speak with tongues, and 
magnify God. 

Rom. 5 : 3. And not only so, but 
we glory in tribulations also ; know- 
ing that tribulation worketh pa- 
tience ; and patience, experience ; 
and experience, hope: and hope 
maketh not ashamed ; because the 
love of God is shed abroad in our 
hearts, by the Holy Ghost which is 
given unto us. 

8: 9. But ye are not in the flesh, 
but in the Spirit, if so be that the 
Spirit of God dwell in you. Now, if 
15 



any man have not the Spirit of 
Christ, he is none of his. And if 
Christ be in you, the body is dead 
because of sin ; but the Spirit is life 
because of righteousness. But if the 
Spirit of hirn that raised up Jesus 
from the dead dwell in you, he that 
raised up Christ from the dead shall 
also quicken your mortal bodies by 
his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, 
not to the flesh, to live after the 
flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, 
ye shall die : but if ye through the 
Spirit do mortify the deeds of the 
body, ye shall live. For as many as 
are led by the Spirit of God, they 
are the sons of God. For ye have 
not received the Spirit of bondage 
again to fear ; but ye have received 
the Spirit of adoption, whereby we 
cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself 
beareth witness with our spirit, that 
we are the children of God: and if 
children, then heirs: heirs of God 
and joint-heirs with Christ ; if so be 
that we suffer with him, that we may 
be also glorified together. 

Acts 9: 81. The churches, walk- 
ing in the fear of God, and in the 
comfort of the Holy Ghost, were 
multiplied. 

IF Rom. 8: 5. They that are after 
the Spirit do mind the things of the 
Spirit. — 26. Likewise the Spirit also 
helpeth our infirmities : for we know 
not what to pray for as we ought ; 
but the Spirit maketh intercession 
for us, with groanings that cannot 
be uttered. And he that searcheth 
the hearts, knoweth what is the mind 
of the Spirit, because he maketh in- 
tercession for the saints, according 
to the will of God. 

14: 17. The kingdom of God is 
not meat and drink ; but righteous- 
ness and peace and joy in the Holy 
Ghost. 

15: 13. Now the God of hope fill 
you with all joy and peace in be- 
lieving, that ye may abound in 
hope, through the power of the Holy 
Ghost. — 16. That I should be the 
minister of Jesus Christ to the Gen- 
tiles, ministering the gospel of God, 
that the offering up of the Gentiles 
might be acceptable, being sanctified 
by the Holy Ghost. 

1 Cor. 2: 9. Eye hath not seen, 
nor ear heard, neither have entered 
into the heart of man, the things 



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MAY BE RESISTED. 



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which God hath prepared for them 
that love him. But God hath reveal- 
ed them unto us by his Spirit: for 
the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, 
the deep things of God. For what 
man knoweth the things of a man, 
save the spirit of man which is in 
him ? even so the things of God 
knoweth no man, but the Spirit of 
God. Now we have received, not 
the spirit of the world, but the Spir- 
it which is of God ; that we might 
know the things that are freely giv- 
en to us of God. Which things also 
we speak, not in the words which 
man's wisdom teacheth, but which 
the Holy Ghost teacheth, comparing 
spiritual things with spiritual. But 
the natural man receiveth not the 
things of the Spirit of God : for they 
are foolishness unto him : neither 
can he know them, because they are 
spiritually discerned. 

3: 16. Know ye not' that ye are 
the temple of God, and that the Spir- 
it of God dwelleth in you ? If any 
man defile the temple of God, him 
shall God destroy: for the temple of 
God is holy ; which temple ye are. 

6:11. But ye are washed, but ye 
are sanctified, but ye are justified in 
the name of the Lord Jesus, and by 
the Spirit of our God. — 19. What! 
know ye not that your body is the 
temple of the Holy Ghost which is 
in you, which ye have of God, and 
ye are not your own ? For ye are 
bought with a price : therefore glo- 
rify God in your body, and in your 
spirit, which are God's. 

1T 12: 3. No man, speaking by the 
Spirit of God, calleth Jesus accurs- 
ed: and that no man can say that 
Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy 
Ghost. Now there are diversities of 
gifts, but the same Spirit: and there 
are differences of administrations, 
but the same Lord. And there are 
diversities of operations, but it is the 
same God which worketh all in all. 
But the manifestation of the Spirit is 
given to every man to profit withal. 
For to one is given by the Spirit the 
word of wisdom,; to another, the 
word of knowledge by the same 
Spirit ; to another, faith by the same 
Spirit ; to another, the gifts of heal- 
ing by the same Spirit ; to another, 
the working of miracles ; to another, 
prophecy ; to another, discerning of 
spirits ; to another, divers kinds of 



tongues ; to another, the interpreta- 
tion of tongues. But all these work- 
eth that one and the self-same Spir- 
it, dividing to every man severally 
as he will. 

2 Cor. 1 : 22. God hath sealed us, 
and given us the earnest of the Spir- 
it in our hearts. 

3: IS. We all, with open face, be- 
holding as in a glass the glory of the 
Lord, are changed into the same im- 
age from glory to glory, as by the 
Spirit of the Lord. 

Gal. 5: 5. We, through the Spir- 
it, wait for the hope of righteousness 
by faith. — 16. Walk in the Spirit, 
and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the 
flesh, for the flesh lusteth against the 
Spirit, and the Spirit against the 
flesh ; and these are contrary. — 22. 
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, 
peace, long-suffering, gentleness, 
goodness, faith, meekness, temper- 
ance. 

6:8. He that soweth to the flesh 
shall of the flesh reap corruption. 
He that soweth to the Spirit shall 
of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 

Eph. 1 : 13. Ye were sealed 
with that Holy Spirit of promise. 

2: 18. We have access by one 
Spirit unto the Father. — 22. Ye 
are built up, an habitation of God 
through the Spirit. 

3 : 16. God grant you to be 
strengthened with might by his Spir- 
it in the inner man. 

5 : 9. The fruit of the Spirit is 
in all goodness, righteousness, and 
truth. 

Phil. 2:1. If there be any fel- 
lowship of the Spirit ... be ye like- 
minded. 

2 Thess. 2: IS. God hath chosen 
you to salvation, through sanctifica- 
tion of the Spirit and belief of the 
truth. 

1 Pet. 1 : 2. Elect, according to 
the foreknowledge of God the Fa- 
ther, through sanctification of the 
Spirit unto obedience. 

1 John 3 : 24. We know that he 
abideth in us, by the Spirit which he 
hath given us. 

P» ev. 1:10. I was in the Spirit on 
the Lord's day. 



§ 4. THE SPIRIT MAY liE RESISTED. 

Isa. 63: 10. They rebelled and 



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MEANS OF GRACE 



THE WORD. 



131 



vexed his Holy Spirit ; therefore 
he was turned to be their enemy. 

Zech. 7: 12. They made their 
hearts as an adamant stone, lest 
they should hear the law, and the 
words which the Lord of Hosts 
sent in his Spirit by the former 
prophets. 

Acts 7: 51. Ye do always resist 
the Holy Ghost. 

Eph. A : SO. Grieve not the Holy 
Spirit of God, whereby ye are seal- 
ed unto the day of redemption. 

1 Thess. 5:' 19. Quench not the 
Spirit. 

Heb. 3: 7. The Holy Ghost saith, 
To-day if ye will hear his voice har- 
den not vour hearts. 

Rev. 22: 17. The Spirit and the 
bride say come. 

Heb. '6: 4. It is impossible for 
those who were once enlightened, 
and have tasted of the heavenly gifts, 
and were made partakers of the Ho- 
ly Ghost, and have tasted of the good 
word of God, and the powers of the 
world to come ; if they fall away, to 
renew them again to repentance. 

Heb. 10: 23. He that despised 
Moses' law died without mercy un- 
der two or three witnesses. Of how 
much sorer punishment shall he be 
thought worthy, who hath trodden 
under foot the Son of God, and hath 
counted the blood of the covenant 
wherewith he was sanctified an un- 
holy thing, and hath done despite to 
the spirit of grace. 



CHAPTER III. 

MEANS OF GRACE. 

Mat. 7: 24. Therefore whosoev- 
er HEARETH these sayings of mine 
and doeth them, I will liken him 
unto a wise man that built his house 
upon a rock. . . . Every one that 
heareth these sayings of mine, and 
doeth them not, shall be likened un- 
to a foolish man, that built his house I 
upon the sand. 

Luke 8:11. The seed is the word 
of God. Those by the wayside are 
those that hear ; then cometh the 
devil and taketh away the word 
out of their hearts, lest they should 
believe and be saved. . . . That on 



the good ground are they, which in 
an honest and good heart, having 
heard the word, keep it, and bring 
forth fruit with patience. 

John 8: 31. If ye continue in my 
word, then are ye my disciples in- 
deed: and ye shall know the truth, 
and the truth shall make you free. 

12: 48. He that rejecteth me, and 
receiveth not my words, hath one 
that judgeth him: the word that 1 
have spoken, the same shall judge 
him in the last day. For I have not 
spoken of myself ; but the Father 
which sent me, he gave me a com- 
mandment, what I should say, and 
what I should speak. And I know- 
that his commandment is life ever- 
lasting: whatsoever I speak there- 
fore, even as the Father said unto 
me, so I speak. 

17:11. Holy Father, keep through 
thine own name those whom thou 
hast given me, that they may be one, 
as we are. While I was with them 
in the world, I kept them in thy 
name: those that thou gavest me I 
have kept, and none of them is lost, 
but the son of perdition ; that the 
scripture might be fulfilled. And 
now come I to thee, and these things 
I speak in the world, that they might 
have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 
I have given them thy word ; and 
the world hath hated them, because 
they are not of the world, even as I 
am not of the world. I pray not that 
thou shouldest take them out of the 
world, but that thou shouldest keep 
them from the evil. They are not of 
the world, even as I am not of the 
world. Sanctify them through thy 
truth : thy word is truth. As thou 
hast sent me into the world, even so 
have I also sent them into the world. 
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, 
that they also might be sanctified 
through the truth. 

11 Acts 17: 11. These were more 
noble than those in Thessalonica, in 
that they received the word with all 
readiness of mind, and searched the 
scriptures daily, whether those things 
were so. Therefore many of them 
believed ; also of honorable women 
which were Greeks, and of men not 
a few. 

Rom. 1:16. For I am not asham- 
ed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is 
the power of God unto salvation to 
every one that believeth • to the Jew 



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first, and also to the Greek. For 
therein is the righteousness of God 
revealed from faith to faith : as it is 
written, "The just shall live by 
faith." (Hab. 2: 4.) 

8:1. What advantage then hath 
the Jew ? or what profit is there of 
circumcision ? Much every way ; 
chiefly because that unto them were 
committed the oracles of God. 

Gal. 1 : 6. I marvel that ye are so 
soon removed from him, that called 
you into the grace of Christ, unto 
another gospel : which is not anoth- 
er ; but there be some that trouble 
you, and would pervert the gospel 
of Christ. But though we, or an an- 
gel from heaven, preach any other 
gospel unto you than that which we 
have preached unto you, let him be 
accursed ! As we said before, so say 
I now again, if any man preach any 
other gospel unto you than that ye 
have received, let him be accursed ! 
Fordo I now persuade men, or God? 
or do I seek to please men ? for if I 
yet pleased men, I should not be the 
servant of Christ. But I certify you, 
brethren, that the gospel which was 

F reached of me is not after man : for 
neither received it of man, neither 
was I taught it, but by the revelation 
of Jesus Christ. 

Eph. 6: 17. Take the helmet of 
salvation and the sword of the Spir* 
it, which is the word of God. 

Col. 3:16. Let the word of Christ 
dwell in you richly in all wisdom ; 
teaching and admonishing one anoth- 
er in psalms, and hymns, and spirit- 
ual songs, singing with grace in your 
hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever 
ye do in word or deed, do all in the 
name of the Lord Jesus, giving 
thanks to God and the Father by 
him. 

2 Tim. 2: 8. Remember that Je- 
sus Christ, of the seed of David, was 
raised from the dead, according to 
my gospel : wherein I suffer trouble 
as an evil doer even unto bonds: but 
the word of God is not bound. 

IT 3 : 16. All scripture is given 
by inspiration of God, and is prof- 
itable for doctrine, for reproof, for 
correction, for instruction in right- 
eousness : that the man of God 
may be perfect, thoroughly furnish- 
ed unto all good works. 



4:1. I charge thee therefore be- 
fore God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, 
who shall judge the quick and the 
dead at his appearing and his king- 
dom ; preach the word ; be instant 
in season, out of season ; reprove, 
rebuke, exhort with all long-suffer- 
ing and doctrine. 

James 1: 19. Wherefore, my be- 
loved brethren, let every man be 
swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to 
wrath. For the wrath of man work- 
eth not the righteousness of God. 
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness, 
and superfluity of naughtiness, and 
receive with meekness the ingrafted 
word, which is able to save your 
souls. But be ye doers of the word, 
and not hearers only, deceiving your 
own selves. For if any be a nearer 
of the word, and not a doer, he is 
like unto a man beholding his natu- 
ral face in a glass : for he beholdeth 
himself, and goeth his way, and 
straightway forgetteth what manner 
of man he was. But whoso looketh 
into the perfect law of liberty, and 
continueth therein, he being not a 
forgetful hearer, but a doer of the 
word, this man shall be blessed in 
his deed. 

2 Pet. 1: 16. For we have not 
followed cunningly devised fables, 
when we made known unto you the 
power and coming of our Lord Je- 
sus Christ, but were eye-witnesses 
of his majesty. For he received from 
God the Father honor and glory, 
when there came such a voice to 
him from the excellent glory, 

This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well 
pleased. 

And this voice which came from 
heaven we heard, when we were 
with him in the holy mount. We 
have also a more sure word of 
prophecy ; whereunto ye do well 
that ye take heed, as unto a light 
that shineth in a dark place, until 
the day dawn, and the day-star arise 
in your hearts: knowing this first, 
that no prophecy of the scripture is 
of any private interpretation. For 
the prophecy came not in old time 
by the will of man: but holy men 
of God spake as they were moved 
by the Holy Ghost. 

[See " Holy Scriptures."] 



TOP. II.] 



REPENTANCE DUTY ENJOINED. 



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SECOND GENERAL TOPIC. 

TERMS OF ACCEPTANCE, OR CONDITIONS WITH WHICH 
THE SINNER MUST COMPLY. 



CHAPTER I. 
REPENTANCE. 

§ 1. THE DUTY ENJOINED. 

Mat. 3: 1. In those days came 
John the Baptist, preaching in the 
wilderness of Judea, and saying, 
Repent ye ; for the kingdom of 
heaven is at hand. — 7. But when 
he saw many of the Pharisees and 
Sadducees come to his baptism, he 
said unto them, O generation of vi- 
pers ! who hath warned you to flee 
from the wrath to come ? Bring 
forth therefore fruits meet for repent- 
ance : and think not to say within 
yourselves, We have Abraham to 
our father : for I say unto you, that 
God is able of these stones to raise 
up children unto Abraham. And 
now also the axe is laid unto the root 
of the trees ; therefore every tree 
which bringeth not forth good fruit 
is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 
4: 17. From that time Jesus be- 
gan to preach, and to say, Repent ; 
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 
9:13. I am not come to call the 
righteous but sinners to repentance. 

Luke 13:8. Except ye repent, ye 
shall all likewise perish. 

Mark 6 : 12. They went out and 
preached that men should repent. 

Luke 15: 10. There is joy in the 
presence of the angels of God, over 
one sinner that repenteth. 

Acts 2: 37. Now when they heard 
this, they were pricked in their heart, 
and said unto Peter and to the rest 
of the Apostles, Men and brethren, 
what shall we do ? Then Peter said 
unto them, Repent, and be baptized 
every one of you in the name of Je- 
sus Christ, for the remission of sins, 



and ye shall receive the gift of the 
Holy Ghost. For the promise is 
unto you, and to your children, and 
to all that are afar off", even as many 
as the Lord our God shall call. 

3:19: Repent ye therefore and be 
converted, that your sins may be 
blotted out. — 26. Unto you first 
God, having raised up his son Jesus, 
sent him to bless you in turning 
away, every one of you from his in- 
iquities. 

14: 15. We also are men of like 
passions with you, and preach unto 
you, that ye should turn from these 
vanities unto the living God, which 
made heaven, and earth, and the 
sea, and all things that are therein : 
who in times past suffered all na- 
tions to walk in their own ways : 
nevertheless, he left not himself 
without witness, in that he did good, 
and gave us rain from heaven, and 
fruitful seasons, filling our hearts 
with food and gladness. 

11" 17 : 30. And the times of this ig- 
norance God winked at ; but now 
commandeth all men everywhere to 
repent : because he hath appointed 
a day in the which he will judge the 
world in righteousness, by that man 
whom he hath ordained ; whereof 
he hath given assurance unto all 
men, in that he hath raised him from 
the dead. 

20:20. I kept back nothing that 
was profitable unto you, but have 
showed you, and have taught you, 
publicly and from house to house, 
testifying, both to the Jews and also 
to the Greeks, repentance toward 
God, and faith toward our Lord Je- 
sus Christ. 

26: 19. Whereupon, O king- 
' Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto 



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the heavenly vision : but showed 
first unto them of Damascus, and at 
Jerusalem, and throughout all the 
coasts of Judea, and then to the 
Gentiles, that they should repent and 
turn to God, and do works meet for 
repentance. 

Ezek. 33: 11. Say unto them, As 
I live, saith the Lord God, I have 
no pleasure in the death of the wick- 
ed ; but that the wicked turn from 
his way and live : turn ye, turn ye 
from your evil ways ; for why will 
ye die, house of Israel ? There- 
fore, thou son of man, say unto the 
children of thy people, The right- 
eousness of the righteous shall not 
deliver him in the day of his trans- 
gression : as for the wickedness of 
the wicked, he shall not fall thereby 
in the day that he turneth from his 
wickedness ; neither shall the right- 
eous be able to live for his righteous- 
ness in the day that he sinneth. 
"When I shall say to the righteous, 
that he shall surely live ; if he trust 
to his own righteousness, and com- 
mit iniquity, all his righteousness 
shall not be remembered ; but for 
his iniquity that he hath committed, 
he shall die for it. Again, when I 
say unto the wicked, Thou shalt 
surely die ; if he turn from his 
sin, and do that which is lawful and 
right ; if the wicked restore the 
pledge, give again that he had rob- 
bed, walk in the statutes of life, 
without committing iniquity ; he 
shall surely live, he shall not die. 
None of his sins that he hath com- 
mitted shall be mentioned unto him : 
he hath done that which is lawful 
and right ; he shall surely live. Yet 
the children of thy people say, The 
way of the Lord is not equal : but 
as for them, their way is not equal. 
When the righteous turneth from his 
righteousness, and committeth in- 
iquity, he shall even die thereb3< . But 
if the wicked turn from his wicked- 
ness, and do that which is lawful 
and right, he shall live thereby. Yet 
ye say, The way of the Lord is not 
equal. ye house of Israel, I will 
judge you every one after his ways. 



§ 2. ACCEPTANCE PROMISED TO THE 
PENITENT. 

Deut. 4: SO. When thou art in 



tribulation, and all these things come 
upon thee, if thou turn to the 
Lord thy God, and shall be obe- 
dient to his voice, he will not forsake 
thee. 

Isa. 55: 7. Let the wicked forsake 
his way and the unrighteous man his 
thoughts ; and let him return unto 
the Lord, and he will have mercy 
upon him, and to our God, for he 
will abundantly pardon. 

Ezek. 18: 21. If the wicked will 
turn from all his sins that he hath 
committed, and keep all my statutes, 
and do that which is lawful and 
right, he shall surely live, he shall 
not die. They shall not be mentioned 
unto him. In his righteousness that 
he hath done shall he live. Have I 
any pleasure at all that the wicked 
should die ? saith the Lord God : 
and not that he should return from 
his ways and live ? — 30. Repent 
and turn from all your transgres- 
sions : so iniquity shall not be your 
ruin. 

33: 11. As I live, saith the Lord 
God, I have no pleasure in the death 
of the wicked ; but that the wicked 
turn from his way and live. Turn 
ye, turn ye from your evil ways, for 
why will ye die, O house of Israel ! 

Hose a 6:1. Let us return unto 
the Lord ; for he hath torn, and he 
will heal us: he hath smitten, and 
he will bind us up. 

14: 1. O Israel, return unto the 
Lord : for thou hast fallen by thine 
iniquity. Take with you words and 
say unto him, Take away all iniqui- 
ty and receive us graciously. 

Joel 2: 12. Therefore also now, 
saith the Lord, Turn ye even to me 
with all your heart, and with fasting 
and with weeping and with mourn- 
ing : and rend your heart and not 
your garments, and turn unto the 
Lord your God ; for he is gracious 
and merciful, slow to anger, and of 
great kindness. 

Zech. 1 : 3. Thus saith the Lord 
of Hosts, Turn ye unto me, and I 
will turn unto you. 

Isa. 1: 16. Wash you, make you 
clean. Put away the evil of your 
doings from before mine eyes. Cease 
to do evil ; learn to do well : seek 
judgment, relieve the oppressed, 
judge the fatherless, plead for the 
widow. Come now and let us reason 
together, saith the Lord. Though 
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as white as snow ; though they be 
red like crimson, they shall be as 
wool. 

Acts 3: 19. Repent ye therefore 
and be converted, that your sins may 
be blotted out, when the times of 
refreshing 1 shall come from the pre- 
sence of the Lord. — 26. Unto you, 
first God having raised up his 
Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in 
turning away every one from your 
iniquities. 

2 Peter 3 : 9. The Lord is . . . not 
willing that any should perish, but 
that all should come to repentance. 



§ 3. god's displeasure at impen- 
itence. 

2 Kings 17: 13. The Lord testi- 
fied against Israel and Judah, by the 
prophets and seers, saying, Turn ye 
from your evil ways ; but they would 
not hear. — 18. The Lord was angry, 
and removed them out of his sight. 

Ps. 7:12. If the wicked turn not, 
God will whet his sword. He hath 
bent his bow, and made it ready. 
He hath also prepared for him the 
instruments of death. 

Jer. 15: 7. I will destroy my peo- 
ple, since they return not from their 
ways. 

18: 11. Thus saith the Lord, be- 
hold I frame evil against you : re- 
turn ye now every one from his evil 
way, and make your ways and your 
doings good. 

2.3 : 14. The false prophets, 
strengthen the hands of the evil do- 
ers, that no man doth return from 
his wickedness. . . Therefore thus 
saith the Lord of Hosts concerning 
the prophets, Behold I will feed them 
with wormwood, and make them 
drink the water of gall. 

Ezek. 3: 19. If thou warn the 
wicked, and he turn not from his 
wickedness, ... he shall die in his 
iniquity. 

Dan. 9: 13. All this evil is come 
upon us, yet made we not our prayer 
before the Lord our God, that we 
might turn from our iniquities. 
Therefore hath the Lord watch- 
ed upon the evil and brought it 
upon us. 

Ho. 14: 1. O Israel, return unto 
the Lord thy God ; for thou hast 
fallen by thy iniquity. 



7: 10. The pride of Israel doth 
testify to his face ; and they do not 
return to the Lord their God, nor 
seek him for all this. — 13. Woe un- 
to them ; . . . destruction unto them. 
— 16. They return but not to the 
Most High. 

Mat. 11. 20. Then began Jesus 
to upbraid the cities wherein most 
of his mighty works were done, be- 
cause they repented not ; saying, 
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto 
thee, Bethsaida ; for if the mighty 
works, which were done in you, had 
been done in Tyre and Sidon, they 
would have repented long ago, in 
sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto 
you, it shall be more tolerable for 
Ty re and Sidon at the day of judg- 
ment, than for you. 

18: 1. At the same time came the 
disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who 
is the greatest in the kingdom of 
heaven? And Jesus called a little 
child unto him, and set him in the 
midst of them, and said, Verily, I 
say unto you, except ye be convert- 
ed, and become as little children, ye 
shall not enter into the kingdom of 
heaven. Whosoever therefore shall 
humble himself as this little child,, 
the same is greatest in the kingdom 
of heaven. And whoso shall receive 
one such little child in my name, re- 
ceiveth me. 

IT 21: 31. Jesus saith unto thercf, 
Verily I say unto you, that the pub- 
licans and harlots go into the king- 
dom of God before you. For John 
came unto you in the way of right- 
eousness, and ye believed him not ; 
but the publicans and harlots be- 
lieved him ; and ye, when ye had 
seen it, repented not afterwards, that 
ye might believe him. 

Rev. 2: 21. I gave her space to 
repent of her fornication ; and she 
repented not. Behold I will cast 
her into a bed, and them that com- 
mit adultery with her into great trib- 
ulation, except they repent of their 
deeds. 

Rom. 2: 4. After thy hardness, 
and impenitent heart, treasurest up 
wrath against the day of wrath, and 
revelation of the righteous judgment 
of God : who will render to every 
one according to his works. 

Jas. 5: 19. Brethren, if any of you 
do err from the truth, and one con- 
vert him, let him know, that he 



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which converteth the sinner from 
the error of his way, shall save a 
soul from death, and shall hide a 
multitude of sins. 



§ 4. REPENTANCE DESCRIBED. 

I. Implies Consciousness of Guilt. 

Ps. 38: 4. Mine iniquities are as 
a heavy burden. 

Job 42: 6. Now mine eye seeth 
thee, wherefore I abhor myself and 
repent in dust and ashes. 

Ps. 51 : 3. I acknowledge my 
transgressions, and my sin is ever 
before me. Against thee, thee only, 
have I sinned, and done this evil in 
thy sight . . . Behold I was shapen 
in iniquity, and hi sin did my mother 
conceive me. 

Mat. 11: 28. Come unto me all 
ye that labor and are heavy laden, 
and I will give you rest. 

Rom. 3: 19. Now we know that 
what things soever the law saith, it 
saith to them who are under the 
law : that every mouth may be 
stopped, and all the world may be- 
come guilty before God. Therefore 
by the deeds of the law there shall 
no flesh be justified in his sight: for 
by the law is the knowledge of sin. 
But now the righteousness of God 
without the law is manifested, being 
witnessed by the law and the proph- 
ets ; even the righteousness of God 
which is by faith of Jesus Christ 
unto all, and upon all them that 
believe ; for there is no difference : 
for all have sinned, and come short 
of the glory of God. 

Rom. 7: 7. What shall we say 
then? Is the law sin? God forbid. 
Nay, I had not known sin, but by 
the law: for I had not known lust, 
except the law had said, "Thou 
shalt not covet. But sin, taking 
occasion by the commandment, 
wrought in me all manner of concu- 
piscence. For without the law sin 
was dead. For I was alive without 
the law once: but when the com- 
mandment came, sin revived, and 
I died. And the commandment, 
which was ordained to life, I found 
to be unto death. For sin, taking 
occasion by the commandment, de- 
ceived me, and by it slew me. 
Wherefore the law is holy, and the 



commandment holy, and- just, and 
good. Was that which is good 
made death unto me? God forbid. 
But sin, that it might appear sin, 
working death in me by that which 
is good ; that sin by the command- 
ment might become exceeding sinful. 
For we know that the law is spirit- 
ual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. 
For that which I do, I allow not: 
for what I would, that do I not ; but 
what I hate, that do I. If then I 
do that, which I would not, I consent 
unto the law that it is good. Now 
then it is no more I that do it, but 
sin that dwelleth in me. For I 
know that in me, (that is, in my 
flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for 
to will is present with ine ; but how 
to perform that which is good, I 
find not. For the good that I would, 
I do not ; but the evil which I would 
not, that I do. Now if I do that I 
would not, it is no more I that do it, 
but sin that dwelleth in me. I find 
then a law, that when I would do 
good, evil is present with me. For 
1 delight in the law of God, after 
the inner man: but I see another 
law in my members warring against 
the law of my mind, and bringing 
me into captivity to the law of sin 
which is in my members. O wretch- 
ed man that I am ! who shall deliver 
me from the body of this death? I 
thank God, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. So then, with the mind 
I myself serve the law of God: but 
with the flesh the law of sin. 

IT 2 Sam. 24: 10. And David's heart 
smote him after that he had num- 
bered the people. And David said 
unto the Lord, I have sinned great- 
ly in that I have done: and now I 
beseech thee, O Lord, take away 
the iniquity of thy servant ; for I 
have done very foolishly. For when 
David was up in the morning, the 
word of the Lord came unto the 
prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, 
Go and say unto David, Thus saith 
the Lord, I offer thee three things: 
choose thee one of them, that I may 
do it unto thee. So Gad came to 
David, and told him, and said unto 
him, Shall seven years of famine 
l come unto thee in thy land? or 
wilt thou flee three months before 
thine enemies, while they pursue 
thee? or that there be three day's 
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and see what answer I shall return 
to him that sent me. And David 
said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: 
let us fall now into the hand of the 
Lord; for his mercies are great: 
and let me not fall into the hand of 
man. So the Lord sent a pestilence 
upon Israel from the morning even 
to the time appointed .' and there 
died of the people from Dan even 
to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. 



II. It Impliet 



Godly Sorrow for 
Sin. 



Mat. 26: 69. Now Peter sat with- 
out in the palace : and a damsel 
came unto him, saying, Thou also 
wast with Jesus of Galilee. But he 
denied before them all, saying, I 
know not what thou sayest. And 
when he was gone out into the 
porch, another maid saw him, and 
said unto them that were there, 
This fellow was also with Jesus of 
Nazareth. And again he denied 
with an oath, I do not know the 
man. And after a while came unto 
him they that stood by, and said to 
Peter, surely thou also art one of 
them ; for thy speech hetrayeth 
thee. Then began he to curse and 
swear, saying, 1 know not the man. 
And immediately the cock crew. 
And Peter remembered the word 
of Jesus, which said unto him, Be- 
fore the cock crow, thou shalt deny 
me thrice. And he went out, and 
wept bitterly. 

Luke 7 : 36. And one of the 
Pharisees desired him that he would 
eat with him. And he went into 
the Pharisee's house, and sat down 
to meat. And behold, a woman in 
the city, which was a sinner, when 
she knew that Jesus sat at meat in 
the Pharisee's house, brought an I 
alabaster-box of ointment, and stood ! 
at his feet behind him weeping, and 
began to wash his feet with tears, ' l 
and did wipe them with the hairs of I 
her head, and kissed his feet, and ! 
anointed them with the ointment. 
Now, when the Pharisee which had 
bidden him saw it, he spake within 
himself, saying, This man, if he 
were a prophet, would have known 
who and what manner of woman 
this is that toucheth him: for she is 
a sinner. And Jesus answering, 
said unto him, Simon, I have some- 
what to say unto thee. And he 
16 



saith, Master, say on. There was 
a certain creditor, which had two 
debtors: the one owed five hundred 
pence, and the other fifty. And 
when they had nothing to pay, he 
frankly forgave them both. Tell 
me, therefore, which of them will 
love him most? Simon answered 
and said, I suppose that he to whom 
he forgave most. And he sard unto 
him, Thou hast rightly judged. And 
he turned to the woman, and said 
unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? 
I entered into thy house, thou gavest 
me no water for my feet: but she 
hath washed my feet with tears, 
and wiped them with the hairs of 
her head. Thou gavest me no kiss ; 
but this woman, since the time I 
came in, hath not ceased to kiss my 
feet. My head with oil thou didst 
not anoint : but this woman hath 
anointed my feet with ointment. 
Wherefore, I say unto thee, Her 
sins, which are many, are forgiven ; 
for she loved muchr but to whom 
little is forgiven, the same loveth 
little. And he said unto her, Thy 
sins are forgiven. And they that 
sat at meat with him, began to say 
within themselves, Who is this that 
forgiveth sins also? And he said to 
the woman, Thy faith hath saved 
thee.' go in peace. 

Jer. 50: 4. The children of Israel 
shall come, they and the children of 
Judah together, going and weeping, 
thev shall go and seek the Lord their 
God. 

IT Joel 2: 12. Turn ye unto me 
with all your heart, with fasting, 
with weeping, and with mourning. 

2 Cor. 7: 9. Now I rejoice, not 
that ye were made sony, but that 
ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye 
were made sorry after a godly man- 
ner, that ye might receive damage 
by us in nothing. For godly sorrow 
worketh repentance to salvation not 
to be repented of: but the sorrow 
of the world worketh death. For 
behold this self-same thing, that ye 
sorrowed after a godly sort, what 
carefulness it wrought in you, yea, 
what clearing of yourselves, yea, 
what indignation, yea, what fear, 
yea, what vehement desire, yea, 
what zeal, yea, what revenge! In 
all things ye have approved your- 
selves to be clear in this matter. 

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heart was tender,.. .and thou hast rent 
thy clothes and wept'before me, I also 
have heard thee, saith the Lord. 

Ps. 34 : 18. The Lord is nigh 
unto them that are of a broken 
heart, and saveth such as be of a 
contrite spirit. 

51: 17. The sacrifices of God are a 
broken spirit ; a broken and a contrite 
heart, God, thou wilt not despise. 

147: 3. The Lord healeth the 
broken in heart, and bindeth up 
their wounds. 

III. A Renunciation of Sin. 

Mat. 21 : 28. But what think ye? 
A certain man had two sons ; and 
he came to the first, and said, Son, 
go, work to-day in my vineyard. 
He answered and said, I will not ; 
but afterward he repented, and 
went. And he came to the second, 
and said likewise. And he answer- 
ed and said, I go, sir ; and went not. 
Whether of them twain did the will 
of his father? They say unto him, 
The first. Jesus saith unro them, 
Verily I say unto you, That the 
publicans and the harlots go into the 
kingdom of God before you. For 
John came unto you in the way of 
righteousness, and ye believed him 
not: but the publicans and the har- 
lots believed him: and ye, when ye 
had seen it, repented not afterward, 
that ye might believe him. 

Isa. 55: 7. Let the wicked for- 
sake his way and the unrighteous 
man his thoughts. 

1 : 16. Cease to do evil ; learn to 
do well. 

John 5: 14. Behold thou art made 
whole ; sin no more, lest a worse 
thing come unto thee. 

2 Chron. 6: S6. If they sin 
against thee, (for there is no man 
which sinneth not,) and thou be 
angry with them, and deliver them 
over before their enemies, and they 
carry then) away captives unto a 
land far off or near; yet if they 
bethink themselves in the land 
whither they are carried captive, 
and turn and pray- unto thee in the 
land of their captivity, saying, We 
have sinned, we have done amiss, 
and have dealt wickedly: if they 
return to thee with ail their heart 
and with all their soul in the land of 
their captivity, whither they have 
carried them captives, and pray 



toward their land which thou gavest 
unto their fathers, and toward the 
city which thou hast chosen, and 
toward the house which I have built 
for thy name: then hear thou from 
the heavens, even from thy dwelling- 
place, their prayer and their suppli- 
cations, and maintain their cause, 
and forgive thy people which have 
sinned against thee. 

James 4: 7. Submit yourselves 

therefore to God Cleanse your 

hands, ye sinners, and purify your 
hearts, ye double-minded. Be afflict- 
ed and mourn and weep. Let your 
laughter be turned to mourning, and 
your joy, to heaviness: humble your- 
selves in the sight of the Lord, and 
he shall lift you up. 

1T Deut. SO: 1. And it shall come 
to pass, when all these things are 
come upon thee, the blessing and 
the curse, which I have set before 
thee, and thou shalt call them to 
mind among all the nations, whither 
the Lord thy God hath driven thee, 
and shalt return unto the Lord thy 
God, and shalt obey his voice ac- 
cording to all that 1 command thee 
this day, thou and thy children, with 
all thine heart, and with all thy soul ; 
that then the Lord thy God will turn 
thy captivity, and have compassion 
upon thee, and will return and 
gather thee from all the nations, 
whither the Lord thy God hath 
scattered thee. If any of thine be 
driven out unto the utmost parts of 
heaven, from thence will the Lord 
thy God gather thee, and from thence 
will he fetch thee: and the Lord thy 
God will bring thee into the land 
which thy fathers possessed, and 
thou shalt. possess it; and he will 
do thee good, and multiply thee 
above thy fathers. And the Lord 
thy God will circumcise thine heart, 
and the heart of thy seed, to love 
the Lord thy God with all thine 
heart, and with all thy soul, that 
thou mayest live. And the Lord 
thy God will put all these curses 
upon thine enemies, and on them 
that hate thee, which persecuted 
thee. And thou shalt return and 
obey the voice of the Lord, and 
do all his commandments which I 
command thee this day. And the 
Lord thy God will make thee plen- 
teous in every work of thine hand, 
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fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit 
of thy land, for good: for the Lord 
will again rejoice over thee for 
good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: 
if thou shalt hearken unto the voice 
of the Lord thy God, to keep his 
commandments and his statutes 
which are written in this book of 
the law, and if thou turn unto the 
Lord thy God with all thine heart, 
and with all thy soul. 

IV. Confession of Sin to God. 

Lev. 26: 40. If they shall confess 
their iniquity and the iniquity of 
their fathers; . . if their uncircumcised 
hearts be humbled ; . . . then will I re- 
member my covenant. 

Ps. 32 : 5. I said, I will confess my 
trangression, . . thou forgavest the in- 
iquity of my sin. 

Prov. 28: 13. He that covereth 
his sins shall not prosper ; but, who- 
so confesseth and forsaketh them 
shall have mercy. 

Jer. 3: 13. Acknowledge thine 
iniquity that thou hast transgressed 
against the Lord thy God. 

Mat. 3: 5. Then went out to him 
Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all 
the region round about Jordan, and 
were baptized of him in Jordan, 
confessing their sins. 

Acts 19: 18. Many that believed 
came and confessed and showed 
their deeds. Many also of them 
that used curious arts brought their 
books together, and burned them 
before all men. 

1 John 1 : 9. If we confess our sins, 
he is faithful and just to forgive us 
our sins, and to cleanse us from all 
unrighteousness. If we say that we 
have not sinned, we make him a 
liar, and his word is not in us. 

V. Restitution. 

Num. 5: 5. And the Lord spake 
unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the 
children of Israel, when a man or 
woman shall commit any sin that 
men commit, to do a trespass against 
the Lord, and that person be guilty ; 
then they shall confess their sin 
which they have done: and he shall 
recompense his trespass with the 
principal thereof, and add unto it. 
the fifth part thereof, and give it 
unto him against whom he hath 
trespassed. But if the man have 



no kinsman to recompense the tres- 
pass unto, let the trespass be recom- 
pensed unto the Lord, even to the 
priest ; beside the ram of the atone- 
ment, whereby an atonement shall 
be made for him. 



§ S. MEANS OF REPENTANCE. 

I. Reflection. 

Deut. 32:29. O that they were 

wise ; that they understood this ; that 

they would consider their latter end. 

Job 23 : 15. When I consider, I am 

afraid of hirn. 

Ps. 4 : 4. Commune with your 
own heart on your bed, and be still. 
1 Sam. 12: 24. Consider how great 
things the Lord hath done for thee. 
Rom. 2: 4. Not knowing that the 
goodness of God leadeth thee to re- 
pentance. 

Ps. 50: 22. Consider this, ye that 
forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, 
and there be none to deliver. 

119: 95. I will consider thy testi- 
monies. 

Eccl. 7:14. In the day of adver- 
sity consider. 

5:1. They consider not, that they 
do evil. 

Isa. 1 : 3. Israel doth not know, 
my people doth not consider. 

Ho. 7: 2. They consider not in 
their hearts, that I remember all 
their wickedness. 

Hag. 1 : 5. Thus saith the Lord, 
consider your ways. 

Luke 19: 41. He beheld the city 
and wept over it, saying, if thou 
hadst known, even thou, at least 
in this thy day the things that be- 
long to thy peace ! But now they 
are hid from thine eyes. 

II Study of God's Word. 

Ps. 19:7. The law of the Lord is 
perfect, converting the soul ; the 
testimony of the Lord is sure, mak- 
ing wise the simple . . . The com- 
mandment of the Lord is pure, en- 
lightening the eyes. The fear of 
the Lord is clean, enduring forever. 
The judgments of the Lord are true 
and righteous altogether : more to 
be desired are they than gold, yea 
than much fine gold ; sweeter also 
than honey or the honey comb. 
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warned, and in keeping of them 
there is great reward. 

119: 9. Wherewithal shall a young 
man cleanse his way ? By taking 
heed thereto, according to thy word. 

— 71. It is good for me that I have 
been afflicted, that I might learn 
thy statutes. — 93. I will never for- 
get thy precepts, for with them 
thou hast quickened me. — 101. I 
have refrained my feet from every 
evil way, that I may keep thy word. I 

— 104. Through thy precepts I get ' 
understanding. Therefore I hate 
every false way. — 130. The en- 
trance of thy word giveth light, it 
giveth understanding to the simple. 

(See "Means of Grace." p. 131.) 

HI. Inducements. 

Mat. 10: 26. There is nothing 
covered that shall not be revealed, 
and hid that shall not be known. 

24:42. Watch therefore; for ye 
know not what hour your Lord doth 
come. But know this, that if the 
good man of the house had known 
in what watch the thief would come, 
he would have watched, and would 
not have suffered his house to be 
broken up. Therefore be ye also 
ready : for in such an .hour as ye 
think not, the Son of man cometh. 
Who then is a faithful and wise ser- 
vant, whom his Lord hath made 
ruler over his household, to give 
them meat in due season ? Blessed 
js that servant, whom his lord, when 
he cometh, shall find so doing. Ver- 
ily, I say unto you, That he shall 
make him ruler over all his goods. 
But and if that evil servant shall say 
in his heart, My lord delayeth his 
coming; and shall begin to smite 
his fellow-servants, and to eat and 
drink with the drunken ; the lord of 
that servant shall come in a day 
when he looketh not for him, and in 
an hour that he is not aware of, and 
shall cut him asunder, and appoint 
him his portion with the hypocrites ; 
there shall be weeping and gnashing 
of teeth. 

Acts 5: 27. And when they had 
brought them, they-set them before 
the council : and the high priest 
asked them, saying, Did not we 
straitly command you, that ye should 
not teach in this name ? and behold, 
ye have filled Jerusalem with your 
doctrine, and intend to bring this 



man's blood upon us. Then Peter 
and the other Apostles answered 
and said, We ought to obey God 
rather than men. The God of our 
fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye 
slew and hanged on a tree : him 
hath God exalted with his right hand 
to be a Prince and a Savior, for to 
give repentance to Israel, and for- 
giveness of sins. And we are his 
witnesses of these things ; and so is 
also the Holy Ghost, whom God 
hath given to them that obey him. 
When they heard that, they were 
cut to the heart, and took counsel to 
slay them. 

Acts 17: 30. God now command- 
eth all men everywhere to repent. 
Because he hath appointed a day in 
which he will judge the world in 
righteousness, by that man whom 
he hath ordained. 

James 4: 13. Go to, now, ye that 
say, To-day or to-morrow we will 
go into such a city, and continue a 
year, and buy and sell and get gain : 
whereas ye know not what shall be 
on the morrow. For what is your 
life ? It is even a vapor, that ap- 
peareth for a little time, and then 
vanisheth away. 

(See "Goodness of God," p. 29, and 
" Future State.") 



§ 4. REPENTANCE ILLUSTRATED. 

I. Instances of Penitence. 

Judges 3: 9. And when the chil- 
dren of Israel cried unto the Lord, 
the Lord raised up a deliverer to 
the children of Israel, who delivered 
them, even Othniel the son of Ke- 
naz, Caleb's younger brother. — 12. 
And the children of Israel did evil 
again in the sight of the Lord: and 
the Lord strengthened Eglon, the 
king of Moab, against Israel, because 
they had done evil in the sight of 
the Lord. And he gathered unto 
him the children of Ammon and 
Amalek, and went and smote Israel, 
and possessed the city of palm-trees. 
So the children of Israel served Eg- 
lon, the king of Moab, eighteen years. 
But when the children of Israel cri- 
ed unto the Lord, the Lord raised 
them up a deliverer. 

10: 10. And the children of Israel 
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sinned against thee, both because we 
have forsaken our God, and also serv- 
ed Baalim. And the Lord said unto 
the children of Israel, Did not I de- 
liver you from the Egyptians, and 
from the Amorites, from the chil- 
dren of Amnion, and from the Phi- 
listines ? The Zidonians also, and 
the Amalekites, and the Maonites 
did oppress you ; and ye cried to me, 
and I delivered you out of their 
hand. Yet ye have forsaken me, and 
served other gods: wherefore I will 
deliver you no more. Go and cry 
unto the gods which ye have chosen ; 
let them deliver you in the time of 
your tribulation. And the children 
of Israel said unto the Lord, We 
have sinned: do thou unto us what- 
soever seemeth good unto thee ; de- 
liver us only, we pray thee, this day. 
And they put away the strange gods 
from among them, and served the 
Lord: and his soul was grieved for 
the misery of Israel. 

If 1 Sam. 12:9. And when they for- 
gat the Lord their God, he" sold 
them into the hand of Sisera, captain 
of the host of Hazor, and into the 
hand of the Philistines, and into the 
hand of the king of Moab, and they 
fought against them. And they cried 
unto the Lord, and said, we have 
sinned, because we have forsaken 
the Lord, and have served Baalim 
and Ashtaroth ; but now deliver us 
out of the hand of our enemies, and 
we will serve thee. And the Lord 
sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jep- 
thah, and Samuel, and delivered you 
out of the hand of your enemies on 
every side, and ye dwelled safe. 

2 Chron. 15:4. When they in 
their trouble did turn unto the Lord 
God of Israel, and sought him, he 
was found of them. 

Dan. 4: 30. The king spake and 
said, Is not this great Babylon that I 
have builded, for the house of the 
kingdom, by the might of my power, 
and for the glory of my majesty ? — 
S3. And he was driven from men, 
and did eat grass as oxen. 

And at the end of the days, I, Ne- 
buchadnezzar, lift up mine eyes un- 
to heaven, and mine understanding 
returned unto me, and I blessed the 
Most High. — 37. Now I, Nebu- 
chadnezzar, praise, and extol, and 
honor the King of heaven, all whose 
works are truth, and his ways judg- 



ment: and those that walk in pride 
he is able to abdse. 

Luke 19:8. And Zacchcus stood, 
and said unto the Lord, Behold, 
Lord, the half of my goods I give to 
the poor ; and if I have taken any 
thing from any man by false accusa- 
tion, I restore him fourfold. And 
Jesus said unto him, This day is 
salvation come to this house, foras- 
much as he also is a son of Abraham. 
For the Son of man is come to seek 
and to save that which was lost. 

23: 39. And one of the malefac- 
tors, which were hanged, railed on 
him, saying, If thou be Christ, save 
thyself and us. But the other answer- 
ing, rebuked him, saying, dost not 
thou fear God, seeing thou art in the 
same condemnation ? And we indeed 
justly ; for we receive the due re- 
ward of our deeds : but this man 
hath done nothing amiss. And he 
said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me 
when thou comest into thy kingdom. 
And Jesus said unto him, Verily, I 
say unto thee, to-day shalt thou be 
with me in paradise. 

IF Acts 9:1. And Saul, yet breath- 
ing out threatenings and slaughter 
against the disciples of the Lord, 
went unto the high-priest, and desired 
of him letters to Damascus to the syn- 
agogues, that if he found any of this 
way, whether they were men or wo- 
men, he might bring them bound 
unto Jerusalem. And as he journey- 
ed, he came near Damascus; and sud- 
denly there shined round about him a 
light from heaven : and he fell to the 
earth, and heard a voice saying unto 
him, Saul ! Saul ! why persecutest 
thou me ? And he said, Who art 
thou, Lord ? And the Lord said, I 
am Jesus whom thou persecutest. 
It is hard for thee to kick against 
the pricks. And he trembling, and 
astonished, said, Lord, what wilt 
thou have me to do ? And the Lord 
said unto him, Arise, and go into 
the city, and it shall be told thee 
what thou must do. And the men 
which journeyed with him stood 
speechless, hearing a voice, but see- 
ing no man. And Saul arose from 
the earth ; and when his eyes were 
opened, he saw no man: but they 
led hiin by the hand, and brought 
him into Damascus, and he was 
three days without sight, and nei- 
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16: 29. He came trembling and 
fell down before Paul and Silas, and 
brought them out and said, Sirs, 
what must I do to be saved ? — S3. 
And he took them the same hour of 
the night, . . . and was baptized, he 
and all his. 

2 Sam. 12:5. And David's anger 
was greatly kindled against the man, 
and he said to Nathan, as the Lord 
liveth, the man that has done this 
thing shall surely die. And he shall 
restore the lamb fourfold, because 
he did this thing, and because he 
had no pity. 

And Nathan said unto David, 
Thou art the man. Thus saith the 
Lord God, I anointed thee king 
over Israel, and I delivered thee out 
of the hand of Saul: and I gave thee 
thy master's house, and thy muster's 
wives into thy bosom, and gave thee 
the house of Israel and Judah, . . . 
wherefore hast thou despised the 
commandment of the Lord to do 
evil in his sight ? — 13. And David 
said unto Nathan, I have sinned 
against the Lord. And Nathan said 
unto David, God hath also put away 
thy sin. Thou shalt not die \ how- 
beit because by this thou hast given 
great occasion to the enemies of the 
Lord to blaspheme, the child that 
is born unto thee shall surely die. 

II. The Convicted Sinner. 

Job 6 : 4. The arrows of the 
Almighty are in me, the poison 
whereof drinketh up my spirit. 
The terrors of the Lord do set 
themselves in array against me. 

7: 20. I have sinned, what shall 
I do unto thee, O thou preserver of 
men! — 18. When I say, My bed 
shall comfort me, there thou scarest 
me with dreams and terrifiest me 
through visions, so that my soul 
chooseth strangling and death, rather 
than life. 

Ps. 38: 1. Lord rebuke me not 
in thy wrath ; neither chasten me in 
thy sore displeasure ; for thine 
arrows stick fast in me ; and thy 
hand presseth me sore: there is no 
soundness in my flesh, because of 
thine anger ; neither is there any 
rest in my bones, because of my 
sin ; for mine iniquities have gone 
over my head, as an heavy burthen ; 
they are too heavy for me. 

55: 4. My heart is sore pained 



within me, and the terrors of death 
are fallen upon me: fearfulness and 
trembling are come upon me, and 
horror hath overwhelmed me. 

130: 3. If thou, Lord, shouldst 
mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall 
stand! 

139: 1. O Lord, thou hast search- 
ed me and known me — Thou un- 
derstandest my thoughts afar off. — 
There is not a word in my tongue 
but, O Lord, thou knowest it alto- 
gether. . . . Whither shall I go from 
thy Spirit, and whither shall I flee 
from thy presence? If I ascend 
into heaven, thou art there. If I 
make my bed in hell, behold thou 
art there. If I take the wings of 
the morning, and dwell in the utter- 
most parts of the earth, even there 
shall thy hand lead me. ... If I say, 
Surely darkness shall cover me ; 
even the night shall be light about 
me. Yea, the darkness hideth not 
from thee, but the light shineth as 
the day. The darkness and the 
light are both alike unto thee. 

Prov. 5: 12. How have I hated 
instruction, and my heart despised 
reproof. I have not obeyed the 
voice of my teachers, nor inclined 
mine ear unto them that instructed 
me. 

Lam. 3: 2. He hath brought me 
into darkness, but not into light. . . . 
He set me in dark places. . . . Also 
when I cry and shout, he shutteth 
out my prayer. — 12. He hath bent 
his bow and set me as a mark for 
the arrow. . . . He hath filled me 
with bitterness. — 18. And I said, 
My strength and my hope is perished 
from the Lord. — 21. This I recall 
to my mind ; therefore have I hope ; 
it is of the Lord's mercies that we 
are not consumed ; because his com- 
passions fail not. . . . The Lord is 
my portion, saith my soul, therefore 
will I trust in him. 

Luke 5: 8. When Simon Peter 
saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, 
saying, Depart from me, for I am a 
sinful man, Lord. 

IF Gen. 42:21. And they said, one 
to another, we are verily guilty con- 
cerning our brother, in that we saw 
the anguish of his soul, when he 
besought us, and we would not 
hear ; therefore is this distress come 
upon us. 

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shall we say unto my lord? What 
shall we speak? Or how shall we 
clear ourselves? God hath found 
out the iniquity of thy servants. 

And Joseph said unto his brethren, 
I am Joseph ; doth my father yet 
live? And his brethren could not 
answer him, for they were troubled 
at his presence. 

Ps. 77: 3. I remembered God, 
and was troubled. 

II. Language of the Penitent. 

Ps. 51: 1. Have mercy upon me, 

God, according to thy loving 
kindness, according unto the mul- 
titude of thy tender mercies, blot 
out my transgressions ; wash me 
thoroughly from my iniquity, and 
cleanse me from my sin ; for I ac- 
knowledge my transgression, and 
my sin is ever before me. Against 
thee, thee 011I3-, have I sinned, and 
done this evil in thy sight. . . . Cre- 
ate in me a clean heart, and renew 
a right spirit within me. Cast me 
not away from thy presence, and 
take not thy Holy Spirit from me. 

Law. 3: 40. Let us search and 
try our ways, and turn again to the 
Lord. Let us lift up our heart with 
our hands to God in the heavens. 
We have transgressed and have 
rebelled. Mine eye runneth down 
with rivers of water for the destruc- 
tion of the daughter of my people. 
Mine eye tricklethdown and ceaseth 
not, without any intermission, till 
the Lord look down and behold 
from heaven. 

Jonah 1: 15. So they took up 
Jonah and cast him forth into the 
sea, and the sea ceased from her 
raging. 

"2: 1. Then Jonah prayed unto 
the Lord out of the fish's belly, and 
said, I cried by reason of mine 
affliction unto the Lord and he 
heard me. ... I said I am cast out 
of thy sight ; yet I will look again 
toward thy holy temple. — 7. When 
my soul fainted within me I remem- 
bered the Lord. — 9. I will sacri- 
fice unto thee with the voice of 
thanksgiving ; I will pay that, that 

1 have vowed. Salvation is of the 
Lord! And the Lord spake unto 
the fish, and it vomited up Jonah 
upon dry land. 

Luke 15: 17. And when he came 
to himself, he said," How many hired 



I servants of my father's have bread 
j enough and to spare, and I perish 
with hunger! I will arise and go 
to my father, and will say unto him, 
Father, 1 have sinned against heav- 
en and before thee, ami am no more 
worthy to be called thy son ; make 
me as one of thy hired servants. 
And he arose and came to his lather. 
But when he was yet a great way 
off, his lather saw him, and had 
compassion, and ran and fell on his 
neck and kissed him. And the son 
said unto him, Father, I have sinned 
against heaven and in thy sight, and 
am no more worthy to be called thy 
son. . . . But the father said to his 
servants, Bring forth the best robe 
and put it on him, and put a ring on 
his hand, and shoes on his feet ; 
and bring hither the fatted calf and 
kill it, and let us eat and be merry ; 
for this my son was dead and is 
alive again ; he was lost and is found. 
18: 13. The publican, standing 
afar dfF, would not lift up so much 
as his eyes to heaven, but smote 
upon his breast, saying, God be 
merciful to me a sinner. 

Ps. 69: .1. Save me, O God, for 
the waters are come in unto my 
soul. I sink in deep mire, where 
there is no standing. I am come 
into deep waters, where the floods 
overflow me. 

IV. The Convert. 

Ps. 116: 1. I love the Lord be- 
cause he hath heard my voice and 
my supplication ; because he hath 
inclined his ear unto me and heard 
me, therefore will I call upon him 
as long as I live. The sorrows of 
death compassed me, and the pains 
of hell gat hold upon me. I found 
trouble and anguish. Then called 
I upon the name of the Lord. O 
Lord, I beseech thee deliver my 
soul. . . . Return unto thy rest, O 
my soul ; for the Lord hath dealt 
bountifully with thee. . . .What shall 
I render unto the Loud for all his 
benefits towards me? I will take 
the cup of salvation and call on the 
name of the Lord. 

Isa. 12: 1. O Lord, I will praise 
thee ; though thou wast angry 
with me, thine anger is turned 
away, and thou comfortedst me. Be- 
hold God is my salvation, I will 
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Lord, Jehovah, is my strength and 
my song: he also is become my sal- 
vation . . . Praise the Lord ; call up- 
on his name ; declare his doings 
among the people ; make mention 
that his name is exalted. Sing 
unto the Lord, for he hath done ex- 
cellent things : this is known in all 
the earth. Cry out and shout, thou 
inhabitant of Zion, for great is the 
Holy One of Israel in the midst of 
thee. 

38 : 17. Behold for peace I had 
great bitterness ; but thou hast, in 
love to my soul, delivered it from 
the pit of corruption : for thou hast 
cast all my sin behind thy back . . . 
The Lord was ready to save me. 

44 : 22. I have blotted out as a 
thick cloud thy transgressions, and 
as a cloud thy sins. Return unto 
me, for I have redeemed thee. Sing, 
O ye heavens, for the Lord hath 
done it. Shout, ye lower parts of 
the earth : break forth into sing- 
ing, ye mountains ; the forest, and 
every tree therein. 

61 : 10. I will greatly rejoice in 
the Lord ; my soul shall be joyful 
in my God ; for he hath clothed me 
with the garments of salvation ; he 
hath covered me with the robe of 
righteousness, as a bridegroom deck- 
eth himself with ornaments, and a 
bride adorneth herself with her 
jewels. 

Is a. 12: 1. O Lord, I will praise 
thee : though thou wast angry with 
me, thine anger is turned away, and 
thou comfortedst me 1 . Behold, God 
is my salvation ; I will trust, and not 
be afraid : for the Lord Jehovah is 
my strength and my song ; he also 
is become my salvation. Therefore 
with joy shall ye draw water out of 
the wells of salvation. And in that 
day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, 
call upon his name, declare his do- 
ings among the people, make men- 
tion that his name is exalted. Sing 
unto the Lord ; for he hath done 
excellent things : this is known in all 
the earth. Cry out and shout, thou 
inhabitant of Zion ; for great is the 
Holy One of Israel in the midst of 
thee." 



CHAPTER II. 

FAITH. 
§ 1. FAITH REQ.UIRED. 

John 8: 24. If ye believe not that 
I am he, ye shall die in your sins. 

Rom. 14: 23. Whatsoever is not 
of faith is sin. 

2 Thes. 2: 10. They received not 
the love of the truth, that they might 
be saved. For this cause God shall 
send them strongdelusions,that they 
should believe a lie, that they all 
might be damned, who believe not 
the truth, but had pleasure in un- 
righteousness. 

Heb. 4: 2. The word preached 
did not profit them, not being mixed 
with faith in them that heard it. 

10: 38. The just shall live by 
faith ; but if any man draw back, my 
soul shall have no pleasure in him. 
. . . But we are not of thern that draw 
back unto perdition, but of them that 
believe, to the saving of the soul. 

Rev. 21: 8. The fearful and un- 
believing . . . shall have their part in 
the lake that burnetii with fire and 
brimstone, which is the seconddeath. 

Mark 16: 16. He that believeth 
and is baptized shall be saved : he 
that believeth not shall be damned. 

John 1 : 12. But as many as re- 
ceived hiin, to them gave he power 
to become the sons of God, even to 
them that believe on his name : 
which were born, not of blood, nor 
of the will of the flesh, nor of the 
will of man, but of God. 

3: 36. He that believeth on the 
Son hath everlasting life : and he 
that believeth not the Son shall not 
see life ; but the wrath of God abid- 
eth on him. 

5 : 24. He that heareth my word, 
and believeth on him that sent me, 
hath everlasting life ; and shall not 
come'into condemnation, but is pass- 
ed from death unto life. 

6 : 27. Labor not for the meat 
which perisheth, but for that meat 
which endureth unto everlasting 
life, which the Son of man shall give 
unto you : for him hath God the 
Father sealed. Then said they unto 
him, what shall we do, that we 
might work the works of God ? Je- 
sus answered and said unto them, 
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believe on him whom he hath sent. 
— 47. He that believeth on me hath 
everlasting life. 

7: 37. In the last day, that great 
day of the feast, Jesus stood and 
cried, saying, If any man thirst, let 
him come unto me, and drink. He 
that believeth on me, as the Scrip- 
ture hath said, out of his belly shall 
flow rivers of living water. (But 
this spake he of the Spirit, which 
they that believe on him should re- 
ceive ; for the Holy Ghost was not 
yet given, because that Jesus was 
not yet glorified.) 

17: 3. This is life eternal, that 
they might know thee, the only true 
God, and Jesus Christ whom thou 
hast sent. 

Acts 16: 30. Sirs, what must I do 
to be saved ? And they said, Believe 
on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou 
shalt be saved, and thy house. And 
they spake unto him the word of the 
Lord, and to all that were in his 
house. 

1F Rom. 3: 27. Where is boasting 
then ? It is excluded. By what 
law ? of works ? Nay ; but by the 
law of faith. Therefore we con- 
clude, that a man is justified by faith 
without the deeds of the law. Is he 
the God of the Jews only ? is he 
not also of the Gentiles . p Yes, of 
the Gentiles also : seeing it is one 
God which shall justify the circum- 
cision by faith, and uncircumcision 
through faith. Do we then make 
void the law through faith ? God 
forbid : yea, we establish the law. 

4:1. \Vhat shall we then say that 
Abraham, our father as pertaining 
to the flesh, hath found ? For if 
Abraham were justified by works, 
he hath whereof to glory, but not 
before God. For what saith the 
Scripture ? Abraham believed God, 
and it was counted unto him for 
righteousness. (Gen. 15: 6.) Now 
to him that worketh is the reward 
not reckoned of grace, but of debt. 
But to him that worketh not, but be- 
lieveth on him that justifieth the un- 
godly, his faith is counted for right- 
eousness. Even as David also de- 
scribeth the blessedness of the man 
unto whom God imputeth righteous- 
ness without works, saying, Blessed 
are they whose iniquities are for- 
given, and whose sins are covered ; 
blessed is the man to whom the Lord 
17 



will not impute sin. (Ps. 32: 1.) — 
13. For the promise that he should 
be the heir of the world was not to 
Abraham, or to his seed, through the 
law, but through the righteousness 
of faith. For if they which are of the 
law be heirs, faith is made void, and 
the promise made of none effect. 
Because the law worketh wrath : 
for where no law is there is no 
transgression. Therefore it is of 
faith, that it might be by grace j to 
the end the promise might be sure 
to all the seed : not to that only 
which is of the law, but to that also 
which is of the faith of Abraham* 
who is the father of us all, (as it is 
written, I have made thee a father 
of many nations,) (Gen. 17: 4.) be- 
fore him whom he believed, even 
God, who quickeneth the dead, and 
calleth those things which be not, as 
though they were. Who against 
hope believed in hope, that he might 
become the father of many nations, 
— 20. He staggered not at the prom- 
ise of God through unbelief; but 
was strong in faith, giving glory to 
God 3 and being fully persuaded, 
that what he had promised, he was 
able also to perform . And therefore 
it was imputed to him for righteous- 
ness. Now, it was not written for 
his sake alone, that it was imputed 
to him : but for us also, to whom it 
shall be imputed, if we believe on 
him that raised up Jesus our Lord 
from the dead, who was delivered 
for our offences, and was raised 
again for our justification. 

IF 5:1. Therefore being justified by 
faith, we have peace with God 
through our Lord Jesus Christ : ne- 
wborn also we have access by faith 
into this grace wherein we stand, and 
rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 
10: 5. For Moses describeth the 
righteousness which is of the law, 
That the man which doeth those 
things shall live by them. (Lev. 
IS: 5.) But the righteous which is 
| of faith speaketh on this wise, Say 
I not in thine heart, Who shall ascend 
j into heaven? (Deut. SO: 12.) (that is 
J to bring Christ down from above:) or 
Who shall descend into the deep ? 
(that is, to bring up Christ again from 
the dead.) But what saith it ? The 
word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, 
and in thy heart: (Deut. SO: 14.) 
that is the word of faith, which we 



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preach. That if thou shalt confess 
with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and 
shalt believe in thy heart that God 
hath raised him from the dead, thou 
shalt be saved. (For with the heart, 
man believeth unto righteousness ; 
and with the mouth confession is 
made unto salvation.) For the scrip- 
ture saith, Whosoever believeth on 
him shall not be ashamed. (Isa. 
28 : 16.) 

11: 21. Because of unbelief they 
were broken off, and thou standest 
by faith. Be not high-minded, but 
fear : for if God spared not the nat- 
ural branches, take heed lest he also 
spare not thee. Behold therefore 
the goodness and severity of God ! 
on them which fell, severity ; but 
toward thee, goodness, if thou con- 
tinue in his goodness : otherwise 
thou also shalt be cut off. And they 
also, if they abide not still in unbe- 
lief, shall be grafted in : for God is 
able to graft them in again. 

Heb. 3: 12. Take heed, brethren, 
lest there be in any of you an evil 
heart of unbelief, in departing from 
the living God. But exhort one 
another daily, while it is called To- 
day ; lest any of you be hardened 
through the deceitfulness of sin, (for 
we are made partakers of Christ, if 
we hold the beginning of our confi- 
dence steadfast unto the end ; while 
it is said, To-day if ye will hear his 
voice, harden not your hearts, as in 
the provocation. For some, when 
they had heard, did provoke : how- 
beit, not all that came out of Egypt 
by Moses. But with whom was he 
grieved forty years ? was it not with 
them that had sinned, whose car- 
casses fell in the wilderness ? And 
to whom sware he that they should 
not enter into his rest, but to them 
that believed not ? So we see that 
they could not enter in because of 
unbelief. 

1T 4: 1. Let us therefore fear, lest ' 
a promise being left us of entering 
into his rest, any of you would seem 
to come short of it. For unto us 
was the gospel preached, as well as 
unto them : but-the word preached 
did not profit them, not being mixed 
with faith in them that heard it. For 
we which have believed do enter 
into rest. — G. They to whom it was 
first preached entered not in because 
of unbelief. — 11. Let us labor there- 



fore to enter into that rest, lest any 
man fall, after the same example of 
unbelief. 

11: 6. Without faith it is impos- 
sible to please Him ; for he that 
cometh to God must believe that he 
is, and that he is the rewarder of 
them that diligently seek him. 

1 John 3: 23. This is God's com- 
mandment, that we should believe 
on the name of his Son Jesus Christ. 

Acts 8: 36. See, here is water, 
what doth hinder me to be baptized ? 
And Philip said, If thou believest 
with all thine heart, thou mayest. 

2 Cor. 5: 7. We walk by faith, 
not by sight. 

4: 18. We look not at the things 
which are seen and are temporal ; 
but at the things which are not seen 
and are eternal. 



§ 2. TRUE FAITH DESCRIBED. 

James 2: 14. What doth it profit, 
my brethren, though a man say he 
hath faith, and have not works ? 
can faith save him ? If a brother or 
sister be naked, and destitute of dai- 
ly food, and one of you say unto 
them, depart in peace, be ye warm- 
ed and filled ; notwithstanding ye 
give them not those things which 
are needful to the body ; what doth 
it profit ? Even so faith, if it hath 
not works, is dead, being alone. 
Yea, a man may say, thou hast faith, 
and I have works : show me thy faith 
without thy works, and I will show 
thee my faith by my works. Thou 
believest that there is one God ; 
thou doest well : the devils also be- 
lieve, and tremble. But wilt thou 
know, O vain man, that faith with- 
out works is dead ? Was not Abra- 
ham our father justified by works, 
when he had offered Isaac his son 
upon the altar ? Seest thou how- 
faith wrought with his works, and 
by works was faith made perfect ? 
And the scripture was fulfilled, 
which saith, Abraham believed God, 
and it was imputed unto him for 
righteousness, and he was called the 
Friend of God. Ye see then how 
that by works a man is justified, and 
not by faith only. Likewise also was 
not Kahab the harlot justified by 
works, when she had received the 
messengers, and had sent them out 



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ILLUSTRATED. 



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another way ? For as the body with- 
out the spirit is dead, so faith with- 
out works is dead also. 

1 John 5: 4. This is the victory 
that overcometh the world, even 
our faith. 

1 Thess. 1 : 3. We give thanks 
to God, remembering your work of 
faith, and labor of love, and patience 
of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Thess. 1 : 3. We are bound to 
thank God always for you, brethren, 
because that your faith groweth ex- 
ceedingly, and the charity of you 
every one toward each other abound- 
eth. 

Titus 3 : 8. This is a faithful say- 
ing, and these things I will that thou 
affirm constantly, that they which 
have believed in God be careful to 
maintain good works. 

Gal. 5: 6. In Jesus Christ nei- 
ther circumcision ayaileth any thing 
nor uncircumcision ; but faith which 
worketh by love. 



§ 3. TRUE FAITH ILLUSTRATED. 

Gen. 15:5. And he brought him 
forth abroad, and said, look now to- 
ward heaven, and tell the stars, if 
thou be able to number them: and 
he said unto him, so shall thy seed 
be. And he believed in the Lord ; 
and he counted it to him for right- 
eousness. 

22: 1. And it came to pass after 
these things, that God did tempt 
Abraham, and said unto him, Abra- 
ham: and he said, behold, here I 
am. And he said, take now thy son, 
thine only son Isaac, whom thou 
lovest, and get thee into the land 
of Moriah ; and offer him there for 
a burnt-offering upon one of the 
mountains which I will tell thee of. 
And Abraham rose up early in the 
morning, and saddled his ass, and 
took two of his young men with him, 
and Isaac his son, and clave the 
wood for the burnt-offering, and 
rose up, and went unto the place of 
which God had told him. — 9. And 
they came to the place which God 
had told him of; and Abraham built 
an altar there, and laid the wood in 
order, and bound Isaac his son, and 
laid him on the altar upon the wood. 
And Abraham stretched forth his 
hand, and took the knife to slay his 



son. And the angel of the Lord 
called unto him out of heaven, and 
said, Abraham, Abraham: and he 
said, here am I. And he said, lay 
not thine hand upon the lad, neither 
do thou any thing unto him: for now 
I know that thou fearest God, seeing 
thou hast not withheld thy son, thine 
only son from me. And Abraham 
lifted up his eyes, and looked, and 
behold behind him a ram caught in 
a thicket by his horns: and Abra- 
ham went and took the ram, and of- 
fered him up for a burnt-offering in 
the stead of his son. And Abraham 
called the name of that place Jeho- 
vah-jireh: as it is said to this day. 
In the mount of the Lord it shall be 
seen. 

Num. 14: 6. And Joshua the son 
of Nun, and Caleb the son of Je- 
phunneh, which were of them that 
searched the land, rent their clothes: 
and they spake unto all the compa- 
ny of the children of Israel, saying, 
The land, which we passed through 
to search it, is an exceeding good 
land. If the Lord delight in us, then 
he will bring us into this land, and 
give it us ; a land which floweth with 
milk and honey. Only rebel not ye 
against the Lord, neither fear ye the 
people of the land ; for they are bread 
for us: their defence is departed from 
them, and the Lord is with us: fear 
them not. But all the congregation 
bade stone them with stones. 

1F Deut. 1 : 26. Notwithstandingye 
would not go up, but rebelled against 
the commandment of the Lord your 
God : and ye murmured in your 
tents, and said, Because the Lord 
hated us, he hath brought us forth 
out of the land of Egypt, to deliver 
us into the hand of the Amorites, to 
destroy us. Whither shall we go up? 
our brethren have discouraged our 
heart, saying, The people is greater 
and taller than we ; the cities are 
great and walled up to heaven ; and 
moreover we have seen the sons of 
the Anakiins there. Then I said unto 
you, Dread not, neither be afraid of 
them. The Loud your God, which 
goeth before you, he shall fight for 
you, according to all that he did for 
you in Egypt before your eyes ; and 
in the wilderness, v\ here thou hast 
seen how that the Lord thy God 
bare thee, as a man doth bear his 
son, in all the way that ye went, un- 



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II. 



til ye came into this place. Yet in 
this thing ye did not believe the 
Lord your God, who went in the 
way before you, to search you out a 
place to pitch your tents in, in fire 
by night, to show you by what way 
ye should go, and in a cloud by day. 
And the Loud heard the voice of 
your words, and was wroth, and 
sware, saying, Surely there shall not 
one of these men of this evil genera- 
tion see that good land, which I 
sware to give unto your fathers, 
save Caleb the son of Jephunneh ; 
he shall see it, and to him will I 
give the land that he hath trodden 
upon, and to his children, because 
he hath wholly followed the Lord. 
Also the Lord was angry with me 
for your sakes, saying, Thou also 
shalt not go in thither. 

Mat. 8 : 8. The centurion an- 
swered and said, Lord, I am not 
worthy that thou shouldest come un- 
der my roof; but speak the word 
only, and my servant shall be heal- 
ed. For I am a man under authori- 
ty, having soldiers under me ; and I 
say unto this man, Go, and he go- 
eth ; and to another, Come, and he 
cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, 
and he doeth it. When Jesus heard 
jt he marvelled, and said to them 
that followed, Verily I say unto you, 
I have not found so great faith, no 
not in Israel. 

9: 27. And when Jesus departed 
thence, two blind men followed him 
crying, and saying, Thou son of 
David, have mercy on us. And when 
he was come into the house, the 
blind men came to him: and Jesus 
saith unto them, Believe ye that I 
am able to do this ? They said unto 
him, yea, Lord. Then touched he 
their eyes, saying, According to your 
faith, be it unto you. And their eyes 
were opened. 

IT John 11: 21. Then said Martha 
unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been 
here, my brother had not died. But 
I know that, even now, whatsoever 
thou wilt ask of God, God will give 
it thee. Jesus saith unto her, Thy 
brother shall rise^again. Martha 
saith unto him, I know that he shall 
rise again in the resurrection at the 
last day. Jesus said unto her, I am 
the resurrection, and the life: he that 
believeth in me, though he were 
dead, yet shall he live: and whoso- 



ever liveth, and believeth in me, 
shall never die. Believest thou this? 
She saith unto him, yea, Lord: I be- 
lieve that thou art the Christ, the 
Son of God, which should come into 
the world. 

9: 35. Jesus heard that they had 
cast him out: and when he had found 
him, he said unto him, Dost thou 
believe on the Son of God ? He 
answered and said, Who is he, 
Lord, that I might believe on him ? 
And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast 
both seen him, and it is he that talk- 
eth with thee. And he said, Lord, I 
believe. And he worshipped him. 
And Jesus said, For judgment I am 
come into this world; that they 
which see not might see, and that 
they which see might be made blind. 

Phil. 3 : 8. I count all things 
but loss for the excellency of the 
knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord; 
for whom I have suffered the loss 
of all things, and count them but 
dung, that 1 may win Christ, and be 
found in him, not having mine own 
righteousness, which is of the law ; 
but that which is through the faith 
of Christ, the righteousness which 
is of God by faith : that I might know 
him, and the power of his resurrec- 
tion, and the fellowship of his suf- 
ferings, being made conformable un- 
to his death. 



§ 4. FAITH HOW OETAINED. 

Rom. 10: 12. For there is no 
difference between the Jew and the 
Greek: for the same Lord over all 
is rich unto all that call upon him. 
For whosoever shall call upon the 
name of the Lord, shall be saved. 
[Joel 2: 3.] How then shall they 
call on him in whom they have not 
believed? and how shall they believe 
in him of whom they have not heard ? 
and how shall they hear without a 
preacher ? And how shall they 
j preach, except they be sent? as it is 
written, How beautiful are the feet 
of them that preach she gospel of 
peace, and bring glad things of good 
things ! [Isa. 52: 57.] But they 
have not all obeyed the gospel. For 
Esaias saith, Lord, who hath be- 
lieved our report? [Isa. 53 : 1.] 
So then, faith cometh by hearing, 
and hearing by the word of God. 



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John 20: 28. And Thomas an- 
swered and said unto him, My Lord, 
and my God. Jesus saith unto him, 
Thomas, because thou hast seen me 
thou hast believed: blessed are they 
that have not seen, and yet have 
believed. And many other signs 
truly did Jesus in the presence of 
his disciples, which are not written 
in this book. But these are written, 
that ye might believe that Jesus is 
the Christ, the Son of God ; and 
that believing ye might have life 
through his name. 

5: 44. How can ye believe which 
receive honor one of another, and 
seek not the honor that cometh from 
God? 

14: 1. Ye believe in God: believe 
also in me. 

Ps. 106: 11. The waters covered 
their enemies ; then believed they 
his words ; they sing his praise. 

Gal. 5: 22. The fruit of the 
spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffer- 
ing, gentleness, goodness, faith. 

1 Tim. 1 : 14. The grace of our 
Lord Jesus Christ was exceeding 
abundant with faith and love which 
is in Christ Jesus. 

2 Peter 1 : 1. To them that have 
obtained like precious faith with us, 
through the righteousness of God 
and our Savior Jesus Christ, grace 
and mercy be multiplied unto you, 
through the knowledge of God and 
of Jesus our Lord, according as his 
divine power hath given unto us all 
things that pertain unto life and 
godliness, through the knowledge of 
him that hath called us to glory and 
virtue. 

IT Mat. 16: 16. Simon Peter an- 
swered and said, Thou art the Christ, 
the Son of the living God. And 
Jesus answered and said unto him, 
Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, 
for flesh and blood hath not revealed 
it unto thee ; but my Father which 
is in heaven. 

Rom. 12: 3. Think soberly as 
God hath dealt to every man the 
measure of faith. 

1 Cor. 2: 4. And my speech, and 
my preaching was not with enticing 
words of man's wisdom, but in 
demonstration of the spirit and of 
power ; that your faith should not 
stand in the wisdom of men, but in 
the power of God. 

Eph. 2:8. By grace are ye saved 



through faith, and that not of your- 
selves, it is the gift of God. 

Phil. 1 : 29. Unto you it is 
given, on the behalf of Christ, not 
only to believe on him, but also 
so to suffer for his sake. 

Luke 17: 5. The apostles said 
unto the Lord, Increase our fairh. 
And the Lord said, If ye had faith 
as a grain of mustard seed, ye might 
say unto this sycamine-tree, Be thou 
plucked up by the roots, and be thou 
planted in the sea, and it should 
obey you. 

Heb. 12: 1. Wherefore seeing we 
also are compassed about with so 
great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay 
aside every weight, and the sin which 
doth so easily beset us, and let us run 
with patience the race set before us ; 
looking unto Jesus, the author and 
finisher of our faith. 

1 Cor. 12: 8. To one is given by 
the Spirit the word of wisdom . . . 
to another the word of knowledge, 
to another faith, by the same Spirit. 

John 17 : 20. Neither pray I 
for these alone ; but for them also, 
which shall believe on me through 
their word. 

Acts 4: 4. Many of them which 
heard the word believed. 

8 : 12. They believed Philip, 
preaching the things concerning the 
kingdom of God, and the name of 
the Lord Jesus. 

11: 19. They which were scat- 
tered abroad, upon the persecution 
that arose about Stephen, travelled 
as far as Phenice, . . . preaching the 
word . . . and the hand of the Lord 
was with them, and a great multi- 
tude believed. . . . Then tidings of 
these things came unto the ears of 
the church which was in Jerusalem, 
and they sent forth Barnabas.... 
He was a good man, and full of the 
Holy Ghost and of faith, and much 
people was added to the Lord. 

1T 14 : 1. At Iconium,they went into 
a synagogue of the Jews, and so 
spake, that a great multitude, both 
of Jews, and also of the Greeks, be- 
lieved. 

26:16. I have appeared unto thee 
for this purpose, to make thee a 
minister and a witness . . . deliver- 
ing thee from the people, and from 
the Gentiles, unto whom now I send 
thee ; to open their eyes, and to turn 
them from darknesa to light, and 



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from the power of Satan unto God ; 
that they may receive forgiveness 
of sins, and inheritance among them 
which are sanctified by faith that is 
in me. 

1 Cor. 1: 21. It pleased God by 
the foolishness of preaching to save 
them that believe. 

3: 5. Who is Paul, and who is 
Apollos, but ministers by whom ye 
believed, even as the Lord gave to 
every man? 

Phil. 1 : 25. I shall abide and 
continue with you all for your fur- 
therance and joy of faith. 

1 Thess. 3: 2. We sent Timo- 
theus, our brother and minister of 
God and fellow-laborer in the gos- 
pel of Christ, to establish you and 
comfort you concerning your faith. 

How prevented. 

John 5: 44. How can ye believe 
that receive honor one of another, 
and seek not the honor that cometh 
from God? 

Luke 8 : 12. The devil taketh 
away the word out of their hearts, 
lest they should believe and be sa- 
ved. 

John 8: 45. Because I tell you 
the truth, ye believe me not. 

2 Cor. 4: 3. If our gospel be hid, 
it is hid to them that are lost: in 
whom the God of this world has 
blinded the mind of them that be- 
lieve not, lest the light of the glo- 
rious gospel of Christ, who is the 
image of God, should shine into 
them. 

1 Tim. 6: 10. The love of money 
is the root of all evil, which, while 
some coveted after, they have erred 
from the faith, and have pierced 
themselves through with many sor- 
rows. 



§ 5. EVIDENCE OF FAITH. 

John 14: 11. Believe me, that I 
am in the Father, and the Father in 
me: or else believe me for the very 
works' sake. Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, He thaLbelieveth on me, 
the works that I do shall he do also ; 
and greater works than these shall 
he do ; because I go unto my Fa- 
ther. And whatsoever ye shall ask 
in my name, that will I do, that the 
Father may be glorified in the Son. 



12: 42. Nevertheless, among the 
chief rulers also many believed on 
him ; but because of the Pharisees 
they did not confess him, lest they 
should be put out of the synagogue : 
for they loved the praise of men 
more than the praise of God. 

Jesus cried, and said, He that be- 
lieveth on me, believeth not on me, 
but on him that sent me ; and he 
that seeth me, seeth him that sent 
me. I am come a light into the world, 
that whosoever believeth on me 
should not abide in darkness. And if 
any man hear my words, and believe 
not, I judge him not : for I came not 
to judge the world, but to save the 
world. 

Luke 17 : 18. There are not found 
that returned to give glory to God, 
save this stranger. And he said un- 
to him, Arise, go thy way, thy faith 
hath made thee whole. 

Mark 16: 16. He that believeth 
and is baptized shall be saved. . . . 
And these signs shall follow them 
that believe ; in my name shall they 
cast out devils ; they shall speak 
with new tongues: they shall take 
up serpents ; and if they drink any 
deadly thing, it shall not hurt them. 
They shall lay hands on the sick, 
and they shall recover. 

2 Cor. 13 : 5. Examine yourselves, 
whether ye be in the faith ; prove 
your own selves. 

2 Tim. 4:7. I have fought a good 
fight, I have finished my course, I 
have kept the faith. Henceforth 
there is laid up for me a crown of 
righteousness, which the Lord, the 
righteous Judge, shall give me at 
that day: and not to me only, but 
unto all them that love his appearing. 

Ps. 116: 10. I believed, therefore 
have I spoken. 

Acts 15: 8. God, which knoweth 
the hearts, bare them witness, giv- 
ing them the Holy Ghost, even as 
he did unto us ; and put no differ- 
ence between us and them, puri- 
I fying their hearts by faith. 

1 Cor. 13: 2. Though I have all 
; faith, so that I could remove moun- 
tains, and have not charity, I am 
j nothing. 

1 John 5: 10. He that believeth 
on the Son of God, hath the witness 
in himself. 

1 Peter 2: 7. Unto you which be- 
lieve, he (Christ) is precious. 
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FRUITS. 



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§ 6. OBJECTS OF FAITH. 

John 14: 1. Ye believe in God, 
believe also in me. 

11 : 27. I believe that thou art 
Christ the Son of God, that should 
come into the world. 

16: 30. We believe . . . that thou 
earnest forth from God. 

Acts 8: 37. I believe that Jesus 
Christ is the Son of God. 

Gal. 2: 20. The life, that I now 
live in the flesh, I live by faith of 
the Son of God. 

Eph. 3 : 17. I pray that Christ 
may dwell in your hearts by faith. 

Col. 1 : 23. Continue in the faith, 
grounded and settled, and be not 
moved away from the hope of the 
gospel. 

2:6. As ye have received Christ 
Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him, 
rooted and built up in him, and es- 
tablished in the faith, as ye have 
been taught. 

2 Tim. 1 : 13. Hold fast the form 
of sound words, which thou hast 
heard, in faith and love, which is in 
Christ Jesus. 

Acts 20: 21. Paul testified, both 
to the Jews and also to the Greeks, 
repentance toward God, and faith 
toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Thes. 2: 13. God hath from the 
beginning chosen you unto salvation 
through sanctification of the Spirit 
and belief of the truth. 

John 3: 23. This is the work of 
God, that ye believe on him whom 
he hath sent. 

1 John 6: 29. This is God's com- 
mandment, that we should believe 
on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, 
and love one another. 

Rom. 6:8. If we be dead with 
Christ, we believe that we shall also 
live with him. 

10 : 9. If thou shalt confess with 
thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt 
believe in thy heart that God raised 
him from the dead, thou shalt be 
saved. 

1 Thes. 4: 14. If we believe that 
Jesus died and rose again, even so 
them also that sleep in Jesus will 
God bring n ith him. 

Heb. 11:6. He that cometh to 
God must believe that he is, and 
that he is the reu aider of them that 
diligently seek him. 

2 Cor. 4: 18. We look not at the 



things which are seen and are tem- 
poral ; but at the things which are 
not seen and are eternal. 

1 Tim. 6: 12. Fight the good fight 
of faith ; lay hold on eternal life. 



§ 7. fruits of faith. 

Heb. 6: 12. Be ye followers of 
them who, through faith and pa- 
tience, inherit the promises. 

2 Peter 1: 5. Add to your faith, 
virtue, and to virtue knowledge, and 
to knowledge temperance, and to 
temperance patience, and to patience 
godliness, and to godliness brotherly 
kindness, and to brotherly kindness 
charity ; for if these things be in 
you and abound, they make you, that 
ye shall neither be barren nor un- 
fruitful in the knowledge of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

Jude 20. Ye beloved, building 
yourselves up in your most holy 
faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 
keep yourselves in the love of God, 
looking for the mercy of our Lord 
Jesus Christ to eternal life. 

Rev. 13: 10. Here is the patience 
and the faith of the saints. 

14: 12. Here are they that keep 
the commandments of God and the 
faith of Jesus. 

Acts 13: 39. By him all that be- 
lieve are justified from all things, 
from which they could not be justi- 
fied by the law of Moses. 

Rom. 3:25. Him (Christ Jesus) 
hath God set forth to be a propitia- 
tion through faith in his blood, to 
declare his righteousness, for the 
remission of sins ... to declare his 
righteousness, that he might be just, 
and yet the justifier of them that 
believe in Jesus. 

4:5. He that worketh not, but 
believeth on him that justifieth the 
ungodly, his faith is counted to him 
for righteousness. 

5 : 1. Being justified by faith, we 
have peace with God through our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

10:4. Christ is the end of the law 
I for righteousness to every one that 
believeth. 

Gen. 22 : 15. And the angel of 

the Lord called unto Abraham out 

of heaven the second time, and 

I said, By myself have I sworn, saith 

' the Lord, for because thou hast 



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done this thing, and hast not with- 
held thy son, thine only son : that 
in blessing I will bless thee, and in 
multiplying I will multiply thy seed 
as the stars of the heaven, and as the 
sand which is upon the sea-shore ; 
and thy seed shall possess the gate 
of his enemies ; and in thy seed 
shall all the nations of the earth be 
blessed ; because thou hast obeyed 
my voice. 

Gal. 3 : 22. The Scripture hath 
concluded all under sin, that the 
promise by faith of Jesus Christ 
might be given to them that believe. 
— 24. The law was our school- 
master to bring us to Christ, that we 
might be justified by faith. 

John 1:12. But as many as re- 
ceived Christ, to them gave he pow- 
er to become the sons of God, even 
to them that believe on his name. 

Gal. 3 : 26. Ye are all the chil- 
dren of God, by faith in Jesus Christ. 

John 16: 27. The Father him- 
self loveth you, because ye have 
loved me, and have believed that I 
came out from God. 

If Acts 10 : 42. He commanded us 
to preach unto the people, and to 
testify that it is he which was or- 
dained of God to be the judge of 
quick and dead. To him gave all 
the prophets witness, that through 
his name whosoever believeth on 
him, shall receive remission of sins. 

Rom. 15 : 13. The God of hope 
fill you with all joy and peace in 
believing. 

1 Peter 1:8. In whom believ- 
ing, ye rejoice with joy unspeaka- 
ble and full of glory. 

2 : 7. To them that believe he is 
precious. 

Rom. 9 : 33. Behold I lay in Sion a 
stumbling-stone and Rock of offence, 
and whosoever believeth on him 
shall not be ashamed. (Isa. 28: 16.) 

John 3 : 14. As Moses lifted up 
the serpent in the wilderness, even 
so must the Son of man be lifted up ; 
that whosoever believeth on him 
should not perish, but have eternal 
life. . . For God so loved the world, 
that he gave his only begotten Son, 
that whosoever believeth on him 
should not perish, but have ever- 
lasting life. — 17. God sent not his 
Son into the world to condemn the 
world, but that the world through 
him might be saved. He that be- 



lieveth on him is not condemned ; 
but he that believeth not is con- 
demned already, because he hath 
not believed in the name of the only 
begotten Son of God.. . He that be- 
lieveth on the Son hath everlasting 
life, and he that believeth not the 
Son shall not see life ; but the wrath 
of God abideth on him. 



CHAPTER III. 

CONFESSION OF CHRIST. 
§ 1. PUBLIC PROFESSION REQUIRED", 

Mat. 10:32. Whosoever there- 
fore shall confess me before men, 
him will [ also confess before my 
Father which is in heaven. But 
whosoever shall deny me before 
men, him will I also deny before 
my Father which is in heaven, 
(Luke 12 : 8.) 

John 12 : 42. Nevertheless, among 
the chief rulers also many believed 
on him; but because of the Pharises 
they did not confess him, lest they 
should be put out of the synagogue. 
For they loved the praise of men 
more than the praise of God. 

Rom. 10 : 9. If thou shalt confess 
with thy mouth, the Lord Jesus, and 
shalt believe in thine heart that God 
raised him from the dead, thou shalt 
be saved. For with the heart man 
believeth unto righteousness, and 
with the mouth confession is made 
unto salvation. 

Heb. 10 : 23. Let us hold fast the 
profession of our faith without wav- 
ering. 

Phil. 2 : 11. Every tongue should 
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to 
the glory of God the Father. 

1 Tim. 6:12. Fight the good 
fight of faith ; lay hold on eternal 
life, whereunto thou art also called, 
having witnessed a good profession, 
before many witnesses. 

Heb. 3:1. Consider the Apostle 
and high priest of our profession, 
Christ Jesus. 

4 : 14. Seeing then we have a 
great high-priest that is passed into 
the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, 
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10 : 23. Let us hold fast the pro- 
fession of our faith without waver- 
ing. 

1 John 4 : 15. Whosoever shall 
confess that Jesus is the Son of God, 
God dwelleth in him and he in 
God. 

Mark 8 : 33. Whosoever there- 
fore shall be ashamed of me, and of 
my words, in this adulterous and sin- 
ful generation, of him also shall the 
Son of man be ashamed, when he 
cometh in the glory of his Father 
with the holy angels. (L. 9: 26.) 

2 Tim. 2 : 12. If we deny him, he 
also will deny us. 

1 John 2 : 23. Whosoever denieth 
the Son, the same hath not the 
Father. 



CHAPTER IV. 

THE CHURCH, OR CHRISTIAN OR- 
GANIZATION. 

§ 1. CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS A DIS- 
TINCT COMMUNITY OR CHURCH. 

Acts 12 : 5. Prayer was made 
without ceasing of the church unto 
God, for him [Peter.] 

14 : 27. And when they were come 
and had gathered the church togeth- 
er, they rehearsed all that God had 
done with them, and how he had 
opened the door of faith unto the 
Gentiles. 

Acts 15 : 3. And being brought 
on their way, by the church, they 

passed through Phenice when 

they were come to Jerusalem they 
were received of the church, and of 
the apostles and elders. 

1 Cor. 1 : 1. Paul., .unto the 
church which is at Corinth, to them 
that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, 
called to be saints, with all that in 
every place call upon the name of 
Jesus Christ, our Lord, Grace be 
unto you, and peace from God our 
Father, and from the Lord Jesus | 
Christ. 

Rev. 1 : 4. John, to the seven 
churches, which are in Asia. 

2:1. Unto the angel of the church 
of Ephesus, &c. 

Rom. 16 : 16. Salute one another 
18 



with a holy kiss. The churches of 
Christ salute you. 

16:5. Greet Priscilla and Aquila 
...likewise the church that is in 
their house. 

Col. 4 : 15. Salute . . . Nymphas, 
and the church which is in his 
house, and when this epistle is read 
among you, cause that it be read in 
the church of the Laodiceans, and 
that ye likewise read the epistle 
from Laodicea. 

Phil. 1 : 1. Paul and Timothy .. . 
unto Philemon . . . and the church 
in thy house, grace to you, &,c. 

Acts 8:1. At that time there was 
great persecution against the church 
which was at Jerusalem. 

3 John 9. I wrote unto the church. 

2 Cor. 6 : 14. Be ye not unequally 
yoked together with unbelievers : 
for what fellowship hath righteous- 
ness with unrighteousness ? and 
what communion hath light with 
darkness ? and what concord hath 
Christ with Belial ? or what part 
hath he that believeth with an infi- 
del ? and what agreement hath the 
temple of God with idols ? for ye 
are the temple of the living God ; 
as God hath said, I will dwell in 
them, and walk in them ; and I will 
be their God, and they shall be my 
people. Wherefore come out from 
among them, and be ye , separate, 
saith the Lord, and touch not the 
unclean thing ; and I will receive 
you ; and will be a Father unto you, 
and ye shall be my sons and daugh- 
ters, saith the Lord Almighty. 



§ 3. THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH. 

Mat. 16: 18. On this rock will 

I build MY CHURCH. 

Acts 5: 11. Great fear came on 
all the church. 

1 Cor. 12: 12. For as the body 
is one, and hath many members, 
and all the members of that one 
body, being many, are one body: 
so also is Christ. For by one Spirit 
are we all baptized into one body, 
whether we be Jews or Gentiles, 
whether we be bond or free ; and 
have been all made to drink into 
one Spirit. 

Gal. 3: 26. For ye are all the 
children of God by faith in Christ 
Jesus. For as many of you as have 



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been baptized into Christ have put 
on Christ. There is neither Jew 
nor Greek, there is neither bond nor 
free, there is neither male nor 
female: for ye are all one in Christ 
Jesus. 

Eph. 4: 1. I, therefore, the pris- 
oner of the Lord, beseech you that 
ye walk worthy of the vocation 
wherewith ye are called, with all 
lowliness and meekness, with long- 
suffering, forbearing one another in 
love, endeavoring to keep the unity 
of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 
There is one body, and one Spirit, 
even as ye are called in one hope of 
your calling: one Lord, one faith, 
one baptism, one God and Father 
of all, who is above all, and through 
all, and in you all. But unto every 
one of us is given grace according 
to the measure of the gift of Christ. 

5: 26. That he might sanctify 
and cleanse it with the washing of 
water by the word, that he might 
present it to himself a glorious 
church, not having spot or wrinkle, 
or any such thing ; but that it should 
be holy and without blemish. 

H Col. 1 : 18. He (Christ) is the 
head of the body, the church. 

1 Cor. 1 : 10. Now I beseech 
you, brethren, by the name of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak 
the same thing, and that there be 
no divisions among you ; but that 
ye be perfectly joined together in 
the same mind and in the same judg- 
ment. For it hath been declared 
unto me of you, my brethren, by 
them which are of the house of 
Chloe, that there are contentions 
among you. Now this I say, that 
every one of you saith, I am of 
Paul ; and I of Apollos ; and I of 
Cephas ; and I of Christ. Is Christ 
divided? was Paul crucified for you ? 
or were ye baptized in the name of 
Paul? 

3:1. And I, brethren, could not 
speak unto you as unto spiritual, 
but as unto carnal, even as unto 
babes in Christ. . . . For whereas 
there is among you envying, and 
strife, and divisions, are ye not car- 
nal and walk as men? For while 
one saith, I am of Paul ; and anoth- 
er, I am of Apollos ; are ye not 
carnal? — 21. Therefore let no man 
glory in men ; for all things are 
yours .... and ye are christs, 5 and 
Christ is God's. 



12 : 14. For the body is not 
one member but many. — 26. And 
whether one member suffer, all the 
members suffer with it; or one 
member be honored, all the mem- 
bers rejoice with it. Now ye are 
the body of Christ, and members 
in particular. 

1 Peter 5: 13. The church that 
is at Babylon, elected together with 
you, greeteth you. 

Acts 20: 28. Feed the church of 
God. 

1 Cor. 15:9. I persecuted the 
church of God. 

Churches only spoken of as exist- 
ing in different places. 

Acts 9 : 31. Then had the 
churches rest. 

15:41. He (Paul) went through 
Syria and Cilicia, confirming the 
churches. 

16: 5. So were the churches 
established in the faith. 

1 Cor. 7: 17. So ordain I, in all 
the churches. 

Rev. 1 : 4. To the seven churches 
which are in Asia. 

Acts 2: 44. And all thai believed 
were together, and had all things 
common, and sold their possessions 
and goods, and parted them to all 
men, as every man had need. 



§ 3. ORDINANCES OF THE CHURCH. 

I. Public Worship. 
1. Appointed and Illustrated. 

Mark 16: 15. Go ye into all the 
world, and preach the gospel to 
every creature. 

1 Cor. 1 : 21. After that, in the 

wisdom of God, the world by wis- 

donVknew not God ; it pleased God, 

by the foolishness of preaching, to 

! save them that believe. 

Luke 9: 60. Let the dead bury 
! their dead, but go thou and preach 
the kingdom of God. 

4: 44. He, (Christ) preached in 
the synagogues of Galilee. 

Acts 13 : 14. Paul .... came to 
Antioch, and went into the syna- 
gogue on the sabbath-day and sat 
down. And after the reading of the 
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the synagogue sent unto them say- 
ing, Ye men and brethren, if ye have 
any word of exhortation for the 
people, say on. Then Paul stood 
up, and beckoning with his hand 
said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear 
God, give audience. — 42. And 
when the Jews were gone out of 
the synagogue, the gentiles besought 
that these words might be preached 
to them, the next sabbath. . . . And 
the next sabbath, came almost the 
whole city together, to hear the 
word of God. 

Mat. 11: 5. The poor have the 
gospel preached unto them. 

Mark 2: 2. Many were gathered 
together, insomuch that there was 
no room to receive them ; no, not 
so much as about the door ; and he 
preached the word unto them. 

Acts 17: 17. Therefore disputed 
he (Paul) in the synagogues with 
the Jews, and with the devout per- 
sons, and in the market daily with 
them that met with him. 

John 6: 59. These things said he 
in the synagogue, as he taught in Ca- 
pernaum. 

Acts 11: 26. Then departed Bar- 
nabas to Tarsus to seek Saul, and 
when he had found him, he brought 
him to Antioch. And it came to pass, 
that a whole year they assembled 
themselves with the church, and 
taught much people. And the disci- 
ples were called Christians first in 
Antioch. 

Heb. 10: 24. Let us consider one 
another to provoke unto love, and 
to good works ; not forsaking the 
assembling of yourselves together, 
as the manner of some is. 

Acts 18: 4. And he reasoned with 
them in the synagogue, and persua- 
ded the Jews and the Greeks. 

2. Exercises. 

I. Devotional Exercises. 

(1.) Praise. Ps. 100: 1. Make a 
joyful noise unto God, all ye lands. 
Serve the Lord with gladness: en- 
ter into his presence with thanksgiv- 
ing . . . Enter into his gates with 
thanksgiving, and into his courts 
with praise. Be thankful unto him, 
and bless his name. 

Heb. 2: 12. In the midst of the 
church will I sing praise unto thee. 

Jer. 17 : 26. They shall come 



from the cities of Judah, &c. . . . 
bringing sacrifices of praise unto the 
house of the Lord. 

Ps. 22 : 25. My praise shall be of 
thee in the great congregation. 

35: 18. I will give thee thanks in 
the great congregation ; I will praise 
thee among much people. 

107: 31. O that men would praise 
the Lord for his goodness, and for 
his wonderful works to the children 
of men. Let them exalt him also in 
the congregation of the people, and 
praise him in the assembly of the 
elders. 

108:2. Awake, psaltery and harp ; 
I myself will awake early. I will 
praise thee, O Lord among the peo- 
ple, and I will sing praises unto thee 
among the nations. 

Ill: 1. I will praise the Lord 
with my whole heart, in the assem- 
bly of the upright, and in the con- 
gregation. 

PSALM CXLVIII. 

1. Praise ye the Lord. 

Praise ye the Lord from the heavens : 

Praise him in the heights. 

Praise ye him, all his angels : 

Praise ye him, all his hosts. 

Praise ye him, sun and moon : 

Praise him, all ye stars of light. 

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, 

And ye waters that be above the heavens. 

Let them praise the name of the Lord : 

For he commanded, and they were created, 

He hath also established them forever and ever: 

He hath made a decree which shall not pass, 

Praise the Lord from the earth, 

Ye dragons, and all deeps ; 

Fire, and hail ; snow, and vapors ; 

Stormy wind fulfilling his word : 

Mountains, and all hills ; 

Fruitful trees, and all cedars : 

Beasts, and all cattle ; 

Creeping things, and flying fowl : 

Kings of the earth ; and all people: 

Princes, and all judges of the earth : 

Both young men, and maidens ; 

Old men, and children : 

Let them praise the name of the Lord : 

For his name alone is excellent ; 

His glory is above the earth and heaven. 

He also exalteth the horn of his people, 

The praise of all his saints ; 

Even of the children of Israel, a people near unto 

him. 
Praise ye the Lord. 

PSALM CXLIX. 

1. Praise ye the Lord. 

Sing unto the Lord a new song, 

And his praise in the congregation of saints, 

Let Israel rejoice in hira that made him : 

Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. 

Let them praise his name in the dance : 

Let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel 

and harp. 
For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people : 
He will beautify the meek with salvation. 
Let the saints be joyful in glory : 
Let them sing aloud upon their beds. 
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PSALM CL. 

1. Praise ye the Lord. 

Praise God in his sanctuary : 

Praise him in the firmament of his power. 

Praise him for his mighty acts : 

Praise him according to his excellent greatness. 

Praise him with the sound of the trumpet : 

Praise him with the psaltery and harp. 

Praise him with the timbrel and dance : 

Praise him with stringed instruments and organs. 

Praise him upon the loud cymbals : 

Praise him upon the high-sounding cymbals. 

Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lokd. 

Praise ye the Lord. 

Isa. 38 : 20. We will sing my songs 
to the stringed instruments, all the 
days of our life, in the house of the 
Lord. 

Neh. 12: 8. Mattaniah . . . was 
over the thanksgiving, he and his 
brethren. 

2 Chron. 29: 27. When the burat- 
offering began, the song of the Lord 
began also, with the trumpets, and 
with the instruments ordained by 
David, king of Israel ; and all the 
congregation worshipped, and the 
singers sang, and the trumpeters 
sounded. 

1 Cor. 14: 26. How is it then 
brethren ? when ye come together, 
every one of you hath a rsalm, hath 
a doctrine . . . Let all things be done 
to edifying. 

Eph. 5: 18. Be filled with the 
Spirit, speaking to yourselves in 
psalms, and hymns, and spiritual 
songs: singing, and making melody 
in your hearts to the Lord, giving 
thanks always for all things unto 
God, and the Father, in the name 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Col. 3: 16. Teaching and admon- 
ishing one another in psalms, and 
hymns, and spiritual songs, singing 
with grace in your hearts to the 
Lord. 

James 5: 13. Is any merry ? let 
him sing psalms. 

1 Cor. 14: 15. I will sing with 
the spirit, and I will sing with the 
understanding also. 

Men appointed to this service. 
1 Kings 10: 12. 2 Chron. 9: 11. 1 
Chron. 9: 33. 15: 27. Ezra 2: 41. 

(2.) Prayer. Luke 18: 1. Men 
ought always to pray. — 10. Two 
men went up info the temple to 
pray. 

Mat. 6: 7. When ye pray, use 
not vain repetitions. 

1 Cor. 14 : 15. I will pray with 
the Spirit, and I will pray with the 
understanding also. 



11: 13. Is it comely, that a wo- 
man pray to God uncovered ? 

1 Tim. 2 : 8. I will that all 
men pray every where, lifting up 
holy hands, without wrath or doubt- 
ing. 

1 Thess. 5: 17. Pray without 
ceasing. 

Acts 6: 4. We will give ourselves 
continually unto prayer, and to the 
ministry of the word. 

12: 5. Peter, therefore, was kept 
in prison ; but prayer was made 
without ceasing of the church unto 
God for him. 

1 Tim. 2:1. I exhort, therefore, 
that first of all, supplications, 
prayers, intercessions, and giving of 
thanks, be made for all men. 

1 K. 8: 22. And Solomon stood 
before the altar of the Lord, in the 
presence of all »the congregation of 
Israel, and spread out his hands to- 
ward heaven. (See his dedicatory 
prayer.) — 54. And it was so, that 
when Solomon had made an end of 
praying all this prayer and supplica- 
tion unto the Lord, he arose from 
before the altar of the Lord, from 
kneeling on his knees, with his hands 
spread up to heaven. 

Acts 20: 36. And when he Paul 
had thus spoken, he kneeled down 
and prayed with them all. 

(See " Christian Duties.") 

II. Religious Instruction. 

Ps. 40: 9. I have preached right- 
eousness in the great congregation. 
Lo ! I have not refrained my lips, O 
Lord, thou knowest. I have not hid 
thy righteousness in my heart. 1 
have declared thy faithfulness and 
thy salvation: I have not concealed 
thy loving-kindness and thy truth 
from the great congregation. 

Col. 3:16. Let the word of Christ 
dwell in you richly in all wisdom. 

1 Cor. 14: 18. I thank my God, I 
speak with tongues more than ye 
all : yet in the church I would rather 
speak five words with my under- 
standing, that by my voice" I might 
teach others also, than ten thousand 
words in an unknown tongue. 

Acts 18: 26. Jlpollos spake and 
taught diligently the things of the 
Lord. . . He began to speak boldly 
in the synagogue. — 28. He mightily 
convinced the Jews, and that pub- 



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licly, showing by the scriptures that 
Jesus was Christ. 

Ex. 24: 12. The Lord said unto 
Moses, I will give thee a law and 
commandments which I have writ- 
ten, that thou mayest teach them. 

Neh. 8: 8. The Levites read in 
the book of the law of God distinct- 
ly, and gave the sense, and caused 
them to understand the reading. 

Acts 20: 20. I have kept back 
nothing that was profitable unto you ; 
but have showed you, and have 
taught you publicly, and from house 
to house. 

(See " Means of Grace," " Word 
of God." p. 131.) 

III. Benedictions. 

2Cor. 13 : 14. The grace of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the communion of the 
Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. 

Num. 6 : 24. The Lord bless thee, 
and keep thee : the Lord make his 
face shine upon thee, and be gra- 
cious unto thee : the Lord lift up his 
countenance upon thee, and give 
thee peace. And they shall put my 
name upon the children of Israel ; 
and I will bless them. 

Ps. 134 : 3. The Lord that made 
heaven and earth bless thee out of 
Zion. 

Rom. 16 : 24. The grace of our 
Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. 
Amen. 

Now to him that is of power to 
establish you according to my gos- 
pel, and the preaching of Jesus 
Christ, according to the revelation 
of the mystery, which was kept se- 
cret since the world began, but now 
is made manifest, and by the scrip- 
tures of the prophets, according to 
the commandment of the everlasting 
God, made known to all nations 
for the obedience of faith : to God 
only wise be glory through Jesus 
Christ forever. Amen. 

Gal. 6 : 18. The grace of our 
Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. 
Amen. 

Eph. 6 : 23. Peace be to the breth- 
ren and love, with faith from God 
the Father, and the Lord Jesus 
Christ. Grace be with all them that 
love our Lord Jesus Christ in sin- 
cerity. Amen. 

Col. 4 : 18. Grace be with you. 
Amen. 



1 Peter 5:14. Peace be with you 
all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

2 Peter 3 : 18. Grow in grace 
and in the knowledge of our Lord 
and Savior Jesus Christ. To him 
be glory, now and forever. Amen. 

Rev. 22 : 21. The grace of our 
Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. 
Amen. 

3. Meetings for Devotional Exercises. 

Mat. 18 : 19. If two of you shall 
agree on earth, as touching any 
thing that they shall ask, it shall be 
done for them of my Father which 
is in heaven. For where two or 
three are gathered together in my 
name, there am I, in the midst of 
them. 

John 20 : 19. The same day at 
evening, being the first day of the 
week . . . the disciples were assem- 
bled. — 26. After eight days, again 
the disciples were within. 

Acts 8 : 1. Peter and John went 
up together into the temple at the 
hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. 

I : 13. When they were come in, 
they went up into an upper room . . . 

where abode Peter, &c .These all 

continued with one accord in prayer 
and supplication, with the women, 
and Mary the mother of Jesus, and 
with his brethren. 

6 : 4. We will give ourselves con- 
tinually unto prayer, and to the min- 
istry of the word. 

12:5. Prayer was made, without 
ceasing, of the church unto God for 
him. 

16 : 13. On the sabbath we went 
out of the city by a river side, 
where prayer was wont to be made. 

Luke 9:18. As he (Christ) was 
alone praying, his disciples were 
with him. — 28. About an eight days 
after these sayings, he took Peter and 
John and James and went up into a 
mountain to pray. 

II : 1. As he was praying in a cer- 
tain place, when he ceased, one of 
his disciples said unto him, Lord, 
teach us to pray. 

II. Seal of Covenant. 

BAPTISM. 

1. Baptism of John. 
Mat. 3 : 5. Then went out to him 



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Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the 
region round about Jordan, and 
were baptized of him in Jordan, con- 
fessing their sins . . . Many of the 
Pharisees and Sadducees came to his 
baptism. — 11. I indeed baptize you 
with water unto repentance, ... he 
shall baptize you with the Holy 
Ghost and with fire. — 13. Then 
cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan 
unto John, to be baptized of him. 
But John forbade him, saying, I 
have need to be baptized of thee, 
and comest thou to me ? And Jesus 
answering said unto him, Suffer it 
to be so now : for thus it becometh 
us to fulfil all righteousness. Then 
he suffered him. And Jesus, when 
he was baptized, went up straight- 
way out of the water. 

Mark. 1 : 4. John did baptize in 
the wilderness, and preach the bap- 
tism of repentance for the remission 
of sins. 

John 3 : 23. And John was bap- 
tizing in Enon, near to Salim. be- 
cause there was much water there ; 
and they came and were baptized. 

Mat. 3:11. I indeed baptize you 
with water, unto repentance : but he 
that cometh after me is mightier than 
I, whose shoes I am not worthy to 
bear : he shall baptize you with the 
Holy Ghost and with fire : whose 
fan is in his hand, and he will thor- 
oughly purge his floor, and gather his 
wheat into the garner : but he will 
burn up the chaff with unquencha- 
ble fire. 

Acts 19 : 3. And he said unto 
them, Unto what then were ye bap- 
tized ? And they said, Unto John's 
baptism. Then said Paul, John ver- 
ily baptized with the baptism of re- 
pentance, saying unto the people, 
That they should believe on him 
which should come after him, that 
is on Christ Jesus. When they heard 
this, they were baptized in the name 
of the Lord Jesus. 

2. Christian Baptism. 

Mat. 28 : 19. Go ye, therefore, 
and teach all nations, baptizing them 
in the name of the Father, and of 
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 

Mark 16 : 16. He that believeth 
and is baptized shall be saved. 

John 3 : 25. Then there arose a 
question between some of John's 
disciples and the Jews about puri- 



fying. And they came unto John, and 
said unto him, Rabbi, he that was 
with thee beyond Jordan, to whom 
thou barest witness, behold, the same 
baptizeth, and all men come to him, 

4:1. When therefore the Lord 
knew how the Pharisees had heard 
that Jesus made and baptized more 
disciples than John, (though Jesus 
himself baptized not, but his disci- 
ples,) he left Judea, and departed 
again into Galilee. 

Acts 1 : 5. For John truly bap- 
tized with water ; but ye shall be 
baptized with the Holy Ghost, not 
many days hence. 

2 : 4. And they were all filled with 
the Holy Ghost, and began to speak 
with other tongues, as the spirit gave 
them utterance. 

2 : 38. Repent and be baptized 
every one of you in the name of Je- 
sus Christ, for the remission of sins. 

2 : 41. Then they that gladly re- 
ceived his word were baptized : 
and the same day there were added 
unto them about three thousand 
souls. 

If 8 : 12. When they believed 
Philip . . . they were baptized, both 
men and women. . . . Simon was bap- 
tized. — 35. Then Philip opened 
his mouth, and began at the same 
scripture, and preached unto him 
Jesus. And as they went on their 
way, they came unto a certain wa- 
ter : and the eunuch said, See, here 
is water ; what doth hinder me to 
be baptized ? x\nd Philip said, If 
thou believest with all thy heart, 
thou mayest. And he answered and 
said, I believe that Jesus Christ is 
the Son of God. And he command- 
the chariot to stand still : and they 
went down both into the water, both 
Philip and the eunuch ; and he bap- 
tized him. And when they were 
come up ont of the water, the spirit 
of the Lord caught away Philip, 
that the eunuch saw him no more : 
and he went on his way rejoicing. 

10 : 47. Then answered Peter, 
Can any man forbid water, that these 
should not be baptized, which have 
received the Holy Ghost as well as 
we ? And he commanded them to 
be baptized in the name of the Lord. 
Then prayed they him to tarry cer- 
tain days. 

13 : 23. Of this man's seed hath 
God, according to his promise, rais- 



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ed unto Israel a Savior, Jesus : when 
John had first preached before his 
coming the baptism of repentance to 
all the people of Israel. 

9: IS. And immediately there fell 
from his eyes as it had been scales : 
and he received sight forthwith, and 
arose, and was baptized. 

16:33. And he took them the same 
hour of the night, and washed their 
stripes ; and was baptized, he and 
all his, straightway. And when he 
had brought them into his house, he 
set meat before them, and rejoiced, 
believing in God with all his house. 

16 : 14. A certain woman named 
Lydia, . . . which worshipped God 
heard us ; whose heart the Lord 
opened, that she attended to those 
things which were spoken of Paul, 
. . . she was baptized and her house- 
hold. 

IF Gal. 3 : 26. Ye are all the chil- 
dren of God by faith in Christ Je- 
sus. For as many of you as were 
baptized into Christ have put on 
Christ. There is neither Jew nor 
Greek ; there is neither bond nor 
free ; there is neither male nor fe- 
male.; for ye are all one in Christ. 

Rom. 6: 2. How shall we that 
are dead to sin live any longer there- 
in? Know ye not, that as many of 
us as were baptized into Jesus 
Christ, were baptized into his death ? 
Therefore we are buried with him 
by baptism into death ; that like as 
Christ was raised up from the dead, 
by the glory of the Father, even so 
we also should walk in newness of 
life. For if we be planted together 
in the likeness of his death, we shall 
be also in the likeness of his resur- 
rection ; knowing this that our old 
man is crucified with him, that the 
body of sin might be destroyed, that 
henceforth we should not serve sin. 

Col. 2:11. In whom also ye are 
circumcised with the circumcision 
made without hands, in putting off 
the body of the sins of the flesh: by 
the circumcision of Christ, buried 
with him in baptism ; wherein also 
ye are risen with him through the 
faith of the operation of God, who 
hath raised him from the dead. And 
you being dead in your sins, and the 
uncircumcision of your flesh, hath 
he quickened together with him, 
having forgiven you all trespasses. 

1 Peter 3: 17. For it is better, 



if the will of God be so, that ye 
suffer for well-doing, than for evil- 
doing. For Christ also hath once 
suffered for sins, the just for the 
unjust, that he might bring us to 
God, being put to death in the flesh, 
but quickened by the Spirit : by 
which also he went and preached 
unto the spirits in prison, which 
sometime were disobedient, when 
once the long suffering of God 
waited in the days of Noah, while 
the ark was a preparing, wherein 
few (that is, eight) souls, were 
saved by water : the like figure 
whereunto, even baptism, doth also 
now save us ; (not the putting away 
of the filth of the flesh, but the 
answer of a good conscience toward 
God,) by the resurrection of Jesus 
Christ; who is gone into heaven, 
and is on the right hand of God ; 
angels, and authorities, and powers 
being made subject unto him. 

1 Cor. 1 : 13. Were ye bap- 
tized in the name of Paul? I thank 
God that I baptized none of you, 
but Crispus and Gaius, lest any 
should say that I had baptized in my 
own name. . . . Christ sent me, not 
to baptize, but to preach the gospel. 

10 : 1. Moreover, brethren, I 
would not that ye should be igno- 
rant how that all our fathers were 
under the cloud, and all passed 
through the sea ; and were all bap- 
tized unto Moses in the cloud and in 
the sea. 

3. Relation of Baptism to Circumcision, 
and other Jewish Rites. 

Rom. 2 : 25. For circumcision 
verily profiteth, if thou keep the 
law ; but if thou be a breaker of 
the law, thy circumcision is made 
uncircumcision. Therefore, if the 
uncircumcision keep the righteous 
ness of the law, shall not his uncir- 
cumcision be counted for circumcis- 
ion? And shall not uncircumcision 
which is by nature, if it fulfil the 
law, judge thee, who by the letter 
and circumcision dost transgress the 
law? For he is not a Jew, which 
is one outwardly ; neither is that 
circumcision, which is outward in 
the flesh: but he is a Jew which is 
one inwardly ; and circumcision is 
that of the heart, in the spirit, and 
not in the letter: whose praise is 
not of men, but of God. 



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Gen. 17: 7. I will establish my 
covenant with thee and with thy 
seed after thee in their generations 
for an everlasting covenant. — 11. 
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of 
your foreskin ; and it shall be a 
token of the covenant betwixt me 
and you. 

Rom. 4 : 11. And he received 
the sign of circumcision ; a seal of 
the righteousness of faith, which he 
had, being uncircumcised ; that he 
might be the father of all them that 
believe, though they be not circum- 
cised. 

Ex. 24: 6. And Moses took half 
of the blood, and put it in basins ; 
and half of the blood he sprinkled 
on the altar. And he took the book 
of the covenant and read in the au- 
dience of the people: and they said, 
All that the Lord hath said will we 
do, and be obedient. And Moses 
took the blood, and sprinkled it on 
the people, and said, Behold the 
blood of the covenant which the 
Lord hath made with you concern- 
ing all these words. 

Mark 7 : 4. And when they 
come from the market, except they 
wash [baptize] they eat not. And 
many other things there be, which 
they have received to hold, as the 
washing [baptizing] of cups and 
pots, brazen vessels and tables. 

Heb. 9: 9. The first tabernacle 
was a figure for the time then pres- 
ent in which were offered, both gifts 
and sacrifices, that could not make 
him that did the service perfect, as 
pertaining to the conscience, which 
stood only in meats and drinks and 
diverse washings [baptisms] carnal 
ordinances, imposed on them till 
the time of reformation. 

Luke 11: 38. When the Phari- 
see saw it, he marvelled that he had 
not first washed [baptized] before 
dinner. 

III. Memorials. 

1. Of Deliverance among the Jews. 

Josh. 4: 1. And it came to pass, 
when all the peoplewrere clean passed 
over Jordan that the Lord spake un- 
to Joshua, saying, Take you twelve 
men out of the people, out of every 
tribe a man, and command ye them, 
saying, Take you hence out of the 
midst of Jordan, out of the place 



where the priests 5 feet stood firm, 
twelve stones,and ye shall carry them 
over with you, and leave them in the 
lodging-place, where ye shall lodge 
this night. 

19. And the people came up out of 
Jordan, on the tenth day of the first 
month, and encamped in Gilgal, in 
the east border of Jericho. And 
those twelve stones, which they took 
out of Jordan, [did Joshua pitch in 
Gilgal. And he spake unto the chil- 
dren of Israel, saying, When your 
children shall ask their fathers in 
time to come, saying, What mean 
these stones ? Then ye shall let 
your children know, saying, Israel 
came over this Jordan on dry land. 
For the Lord your God dried up the 
waters of Jordan from before you, 
until ye were passed over, as the 
Lord your God did to the Red sea, 
which he dried up from before us, 
until we were gone over : that all 
the people of the earth might know 
the hand of the Lord, that it is migh- 
ty : that ye might fear the Lord 
your God forever. 

2. Memorial of Christ's Peath for 
Sin. 

The Sacrament. 

Mat. 26': 26. As they were eat- 
ing, Jesus took bread and blessed it 
and break it, and gave it to the dis- 
ciples and said, Take, eat ; this is 
my body. And he took the cup and 
gave thanks and gave it to them, 
saying, Drink ye all of it ; for this 
is my blood of the New Testament, 
which is shed for many, for the re- 
mission of sins. For I say unto you, 
I will not drink henceforth of the 
fruit of the vine, until that day when 
I drink it new with you in my Fath- 
er's kingdom. And when they had 
sung an hymn, they went out into the 
Mount of Olives. 

Mat. 14 : 22. And as they did eat, 
Jesus took bread, and blessed, and 
brake it, and gave to them, and said, 
Take, eat : this is my body. And 
he took the cup, and when he had 
given thanks, he gave it to them : 
and they all drank of it. And he 
said unto them, This is my blood of 
the New Testament, which is shed 
for many. Verily, I say unto you, I 
will drink no more of the fruit of 
the vine, imtil that day that I drink 



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it new in the kingdom of God. And 
when they had sung a hymn, they 
went out into the Mount of Olives. 

Luke 22 : 14. And when the hour 
was come, he sat down, and the 
twelve Apostles with him. And he 
said unto them, with desire I have 
desired to eat this passover with you 
before I sutler. For I say unto you, 
I will not any more eat thereof, un- 
til it be fulfilled in the kingdom of 
God. And he took the cup, and 
gave thanks, and said, Take this, 
and divide it among yourselves. For 
I say unto you, I will not drink of 
the fruit of the vine, until the king- 
dom of God shall conic. 

And he took bread, and gave 
thanks, and brake it, and gave unto 
them, saying, This is my body which 
is given for you : this do in remem- 
brance of me. Likewise also the 
cup after supper, saying, This is the 
New Testament in my blood, which 
is shed for you. But behold, the 
hand of him that betrayeth me is 
with me on the table. 

1 Cor. 11. 23. For I have receiv- 
ed of the Lord, that which also I 
delivered unto you, that the Lord 
Jesus, the same night in which he 
was betrayed, took bread : and v. hen 
he had given thanks, he brake it, 
and said, Take, eat : this is my body 
which is broken for you : this do in 
remembrance of me. After the same 
manner also he took the cup, when 
he had supped, saying, This cup is 
the New Testament in my blood : 
this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in 
remembrance of me. For as often 
as ye eat this bread, and drink this 
cup, ye do show the Lord's death till 
he come. 

Manner of observing this Ordinance. 

Acts 20 : 7. On the first day of 
the week, when the disciples came 
together to break bread, Paul preach- 
ed unto them. 

1 Cor. 10]: 16. The cup of bless- 
ing which we bless, is it not the 
communion of the blood of Christ ? 
The bread which we break, is it not 
the communion of the body of Christ ? 
For we being many are one body 
and one bread ; for we are all par- 
takers of that one bread. 

5 : 7. Purge out the old leaven, 
that ye may be a new lump, as ye 
are unleavened ; for even Christ, our 
19 



passover is sacrificed for us. There- 
fore let us keep the feast, not with 
the old leaven, neither with the 
leaven of malice and wickedness ; 
but with the unleavened bread of 
sincerity and truth. 

10 : 21. Ye cannot drink the cup 
of the Lord and the cup of devils , 
we cannot be partakers of the Lord's 
table and the table of devils. 

1 1 : 27. Whosoever shall eat this 
bread, and drink this cup of the 
Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of 
the body and blood of the Lord. But 
let a man examine himself, and so 
let him eat of that bread and drink 
of that cup. For he that eateth 
and drinketh unworthily, eateth and 
drinketh damnation to himself* not 
discerning the Lord's body. For 
this cause many are weak and sickly 
among you, and many sleep. For 
if ye would judge yourselves, ye 
should not be judged. 

[For services at the communion 
table see our Savior's conversation at 
the appointment of the ordinance, 
John 13 to 16, and his prayer, John 
17.] 

IV. Religious Festivals. 

1. Thanksgivings for Mercies and De- 
liverances. 

(1.) Moses and Miriam. 

Ex. 15 : 1. I will sing unto the 
Lord ; for he hath triumphed glo- 
riously : the horse and his rider hath 
he thrown into the sea. The Lord 
is my strength and my song : and he 
is become my salvation. — 21. And 
Miriam answered them : Sing ye to 
the Lord ; for he hath triumphed 
gloriously ; the horse and his rider 
hath he thrown into the sea. 

(2.) Leborah and Baroh. 

Judg. 5 : 2. Praise ye the Lord 
for the avenging of Israel, when the 
people willingly offered themselves. 
I, even I, will sing unto the Lord j 
I will sing praise unto the Lord God 
of Israel. — 9. My heart is toward 
the governors of Israel, who offered 
willingly of their substance ; praise 
ye the Lord. 

(3.) David. 

2 Sam. 22 : 1. And David spake 



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[P. IF. 



unto the Lord the words of this 
song, in the day that the Lord had 
delivered him out of the hand of all 
his enemies, and out of the hand of 
Saul : and he said, 

The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my 
deliverer; 

The God of my rock ; in him will I trust : 

He is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, 

My high tower, and my refuge, my Savior ; 

Thou savest me from violence. 

I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be 
praised : 

So shall I be saved from mine enemies. 

When the waves of death compassed me, 

The floods of ungodly men made me afraid ; 

The sorrows of hell compassed me about ; 

The snares of death prevented me; 

In my distress I called upon the Lord, 

And cried to my God : 

And he did hear my voice out of his temple, 

And my cry did enter into his ears. — 

17. He sent from above, he took me ; 

He drew me out of many waters ; 

He delivered me from my strong enemy, 

And from them that, hated me : 

For they were too strong for me, 

They prevented me in the day of my calamity : 

But the Lord was my stay. 

He brought mc forth also into a large place : 

He delivered me, because he delighted in me. 

The Lord rewarded ine according to my right- 
eousness : 

According to the cleanness of my hands hath he 
recompensed me. 

For I have kept the ways of the Lord, 

And have not wickedly departed from my God. 

(4.) Solomon at the Dedication of the 
Temple. 

1 Kings 8 : 55. He stood and 
blessed all the congregation of Israel 
with a loud voice, saying, Blessed be 
the Lord that hath given rest unto 
his people, according to all that he 
promised. — 65. And at that time 
Solomon held a feast and all Israel 
with him, a great congregation... 
seven days and seven days, even 
fourteen days. On 'the eighth day 
he sent the people away, and they 
blessed the king and went unto their 
tents joyful and glad of heart, for all 
the goodness that the Lord had done 
for David his servant, and for Israel 
his people. 

(5.) JYehemiah and Ezra, at the Resto- 
ration. 

Neh. 8:1. And all the people 
gathered themselves together as one 
man into the street that was before 
the water gate. — -5-. And Ezra open- 
ed the book in the sight of all the 
people ; (for he was above all the 
people ;) and when he opened it, all 
the people stood up : and Ezra 
blessed the Lord, the great God. 
And all the people answered, Amen, 



Amen, with lifting up their hands : 
and they bowed their heads, and 
worshipped the Lord with their 
faces to the ground. — 8. So they 
read in the book in the law of God 
distinctly, and gave the sense, and 
caused them to understand the read- 
ing. And Nehemiah, which is the 
Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest 
the scribe, and the Levites that 
taught the people, said unto all the 
people, This day is holy unto the 
Lord your God; mourn not, nor 
weep. For all the people wept, 
when they heard the words of the 
law. Then he said unto them, Go 
your way, eat the fat, and drink the 
sweet, and send portions unto them 
for whom nothing is prepared : for 
this day is holy unto our Lord : 
neither be ye sorry ; for the joy of 
the Lord is your strength. So the 
Levites stilled all the people, saying, 
Hold your peace, for the day is ho- 
ly ; neither be ye grieved. And all 
the people went their way to eat, and 
to drink, and to send portions, and 
to make great mirth, because they 
had understood the words that were 
declared unto them. — 18. \nd there 
was very great gladness. Also day 
by day, from the first day unto the 
last day, he read in the book of the 
law of God. And they kept the feast 
seven days ; and on the eighth day 
was a solemn assembly, according 
unto the manner. 

2. Public Fasting. 

Ezra 8 : 21. Then I proclaimed 
a fast there at the river Ah ava, that 
w r e might afflict ourselves before our 
God, to seek of him a right way for 
us, and for our little ones, and for 
all our substance. For I was asham- 
ed to require of the king a band of 
soldiers and horsemen to help us 
against the enemy in the way : be- 
cause we had spoken unto the king, 
saying, The hand of our God is upon 
all them for good, that seek him . . . 
So we fasted and besought our God 
for this, and he was entreated of us. 

Esth. 4:16. Gather together all 
the Jews that are present in Shushan, 
and fast ye for me, and neither eat 
nor drink, three days, night or day ; 
I also, and my maidens will fast like- 
wise. So will I go in unto the king, 
which is not according to the law ; 
and if I perish, I perish. 



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APPOINTED. 



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Isa. 58 : 3. Wherefore have we 
fasted say they, and thou seest not ? 
wherefore have we afflicted our soul 
and thou takest no knowledge ? Be- 
hold, in the day of your fast ye find 
pleasure and exact all your labors. 
Behold ye fast for strife and debate ; 
and to smite with the fist of wicked- 
ness : ye shall not fast as ye do this 
day, to make your voice to be heard 
on high. Is it such a fast that I 
have chosen ? A day for a man to 
afflict his soul ? Is it to bow down 
his head as a bulrush, and to spread 
sackcloth and ashes under him ? 
Wilt thou call this a fast, and an ac- 
ceptable day to the Lord? 

Is not this the fast, that I have 
chosen : to loose the bands of wick- 
edness ; to undo the heavy burthens, 
and to let the oppressed go free ; and 
that ye break every yoke ? Is it not 
to deal thy bread to the hungry, and 
that thou bring the poor that are 
cast out to thy house ? When thou 
seest the naked, that thou cover him, 
and that thou hide not thyself from 
thine own flesh ? Then shall thy 
light break forth as the morning. 

1 Sam. 7 : 6. And they gathered 
together to Mizpeh . . . and fasted on 
that day, and said there, We have 
sinned against the Lord. — 10. And 
the Lord thundered with a great 
thunder upon the Philistines, and 
they were smitten before Israel. 

Nrh. 1 : 4. When I heard their 
words, I sat down and wept, and 
mourned certain days, and fasted 
and prayed before the God of heav- 
en. (See Prayer.) 

Dan. 9 : 3. 1 set my face unto the 
Lord, to seek by prayer and by sup- 
plication with fasting and sackcloth 
and ashes. (See Prayer.) 

IF Joel 2 : 12. Therefore also now 
turn ye unto me with all your heart, 
and with fasting, and with weeping, 
and with mourning, and rend your 
heart and not your garment, and 
turn unto the Lord your God ; for 
he is gracious and merciful, slow to 
anger and of great kindness, and re- 
penteth him of the evil. — 15. Blow 
the trumpet in Zion ; sanctify a 
fast ; call a solemn assembly ; gather 
the people ; sanctify the congrega- 
tion ; assemble the elders ; gather 
the children and those that suck the 
breasts ; let the bridegroom go forth 
of his chamber, and the bride out of 



I her closet. Let the priests, the min- 
j isters of the Lord, weep be- 
j tween the porch and the altar ; and 
! let them say, Spare thy people, 
Lord, and give not thine heritage to 
reproach. 

Mat. 6:16. When ye fast, be not 
as the hypocrites of a sad counte- 
nance ; for they disfigure their faces, 
that they may appear unto men to 
fast. Verily I say unto you, they 
have their reward. But thou, when 
thou fastest, anoint thy head, and 
wash thy face, that thou appear not 
unto men to fast ; but unto thy Fa- 
ther which is in secret, and thy Fa- 
ther which seeth in secret, himself 
shall reward you openly. 

Acts 14: 23. And when they had 
ordained them elders in every church, 
and had prayed with fasting, they 
commended them to the Lord on 
whom they believed. 



§ 5. MINISTERS OF INSTRUCTION, 
AND GOVERNMENT IN THE CHURCH. 

I. The ministry appointed, with their 
instructions. 

Mark 3: 14. He ordained twelve, 
that they might be with him, and 
that he might send them out to 
preach. 

Mat. 9: 37. Then saith he unto 
his disciples, The harvest truly i3 
plenteous, but the laborers are few. 
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the 
harvest, that he will send forth la- 
borers into his harvest. 

10: 1. And when he had called 
unto him his twelve disciples, he 
gave them power against unclean 
spirits, to cast them out, and to heal 
all manner of sickness, and all man- 
ner of disease. 

5. These twelve Jesus sent forth, 
and commanded them, saying, Go 
not into the way of the Gentiles, 
and into any city of the Samaritans 
enter ye not. But go rather to the 
lost sheep of the house of Israel. 
And as ye go, preach, saying, The 
kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal 
the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the 
dead, cast out devils: freely ye have 
received, freely give. Provide nei- 
ther gold, nor silver, nor brass in 
your purses ; nor scrip for your jour- 
ney, neither two coats, neither shoes, 



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II. 



nor yet staves : for the workman is 
worthy of his meat. And into what- 
soever city or town ye shall enter, 
inquire who in it is worthy ; and 
there abide till ye go thence. And 
when ye come into a house, salute 
it. And if the house be worthy, let 
your peace come upon it: but if it 
be not worthy, let your peace return 
to you. And whosoever shall not re- 
ceive you, nor hear your words, 
when ye depart out of that house, 
or city, shake off the dust of your 
feet. Verily, I say unto you, it shall 
be more tolerable for the land of 
Sodom and Gomorrah, in the day of 
judgment, than for that city. Behold, 
I send you forth as sheep in the midst 
of wolves: be ye therefore wise as 
serpents, and harmless as doves. 
But beware of men: for they will 
deliver you up to the councils, and 
they will scourge you in their syna- 
gogues: and ye shall be brought be- 
fore governors and kings for my 
sake, for a testimony against them 
and the Gentiles. But when they de- 
liver you up, take no thought how 
or what ye shall speak ; for it shall 
be given you in that same hour what 
ye shall speak. For it is not ye that 
speak, but the Spirit of your Father 
which speaketh in you. And the 
brother shall deliver up the brother 
to death, and the father the child: 
and the children shall rise up against 
their parents, and cause them to be 
put to death. And ye shall be hated 
of all men for my name's sake : but 
he that endureth to the end shall be 
saved. But when they persecute you 
in this city, flee ye into another. For 
verily I say unto you, Ye shall not 
have gone over the cities of Israel 
till the Son of man be come. The 
disciple is not above his master, nor 
the servant above his lord. It is 
enough for the disciple that he be as 
his master, and the servant as his 
lord. If they have called the master 
of the house Beelzebub, how much 
more shall they call them of his 
household ? Fear them not there- 
fore. For there is nothing covered, 
that shall not be revealed ; and hid, 
that shall not beH^nown. What I 
tell you in darkness, that speak ye 
in light: and what ye hear in the 
ear, that preach ye upon the house- 
tops. 



IF Luke 10: 1. After these things, 



the Lord appointed other seventy 
also, and sent them two and two be- 
fore his face into every city and 
place, whither he himself would 
come. Therefore said he unto them, 
The harvest truly is great, but the 
laborers are few : pray ye therefore 
the Lord of the harvest, that he 
would send forth laborers into his 
harvest. Go your ways: behold, I 
send you forth as lambs among 
wolves. Carry neither purse, nor 
scrip, nor shoes : and salute no man 
by the way. And into whatsoever 
house ye enter, first say, Peace be to 
this house. And if the son of peace 
be there, your peace shall rest upon 
it: if not, it shall' turn to you again. 
And in the same house remain, eat- 
ing and drinking such things as they 
give: for the laborer is worthy of 
his hire. Go not from house to house. 
And into whatsoever city ye enter, 
and they receive you, eat such things 
as are set before you. And heal the 
sick that are therein, and say unto 
them, The kingdom of God is come 
nigh unto you. 

And the seventy returned again 
with joy, saying, Lord, even the 
devils are subject unto us through 
thy name. And he said unto them, I 
beheld Satan as lightning fall from 
heaven. Behold, I give unto you 
power to tread on serpents and scor- 
pions, and over all the power of the 
enemy: and nothing shall by any 
means hurt you. Notwithstanding in 
this rejoice "not, that the spirits are 
subject unto you ; but rather rejoice 
because your names are written in 
heaven. 

Acts 12: 25. And Barnabas and 
Saul returned from Jerusalem, when 
they had fulfilled their ministry, and 
took with them John, whose surname 
was Mark. 

13: 1. Now there were, in the 
church that was at Antioch, certain 
prophets and teachers ; as Barnabas, 
and Simeon, that was called Niger, 
and Lucius, of Cyrene, and Manaen, 
which had been brought up with 
Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. As 
they ministered to the Lord, and 
fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Sepa- 
rate me Barnabas and Saul for the 
work whereunto I have called them. 
And when they had fasted and pray- 
ed, and laid their hands on them, 
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1T 14: 23. And when they had or- j 
dained them elders in every church, 
and had prayed with fasting, they j 
commended them to the Lord, on 
whom they believed. 

20: 17. And from Miletus he sent \ 
to Ephesus, and called the elders of 
the church. — 28. Take heed there- 
fore unto yourselves, and to all the 
flock, over which the Holy Ghost ! 
hath made you overseers, to feed the ! 
church of God. 

21:8. And we entered into the 
house of Philip the evangelist, which 
was one of the seven ; and abode i 
with him. And the same man had 
four daughters, virgins, which did ■ 
prophesy. And as we tarried there ' 
many days, there came down from 
Jiidea a certain prophet, named Aga- 
bus. 

Ro>r. 1:1. Paul, a servant of Jesus 
Christ, called to be an Apostle, sep- 
arated unto the gospel of God, (which 
he had promised afore by his proph- 
ets in the Holy Scriptures,) concern- 
ing his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 

1 Cor. 12: 4. Now there are di- 
versities of gifts, but the same Spir- 
it: and there are differences of ad- 
ministrations, but the same Lord. 
And there are diversities of opera- 
tions, but it is the same God which 
worketh all in all. But the manifes- 
tation of the Spirit is given to every 
man to profit withal. For to one is 
given by the Spirit the word of wis- 
dom ; to another, the word of knowl- 
edge by the same Spirit ; to another, 
faith by the same Spirit ; to another, 
the gifts of healing by the same 
Spirit ; to another, the working of 
miracles ; to another, prophecy ; to 
another, discerning of spirits ; to 
another, divers kinds of tongues ; 
to another, the interpretation of 
tongues. But all these worketh that 
one and the self-same Spirit, dividing 
to every man severally as he will. 
— 27. Now ye are the body of 
Christ, and members in particular. 
And God hath set some in the church, 
first, Apostles, secondarily, proph- 
ets, thirdly, teachers, after that, mi- 
racles, then gifts of healing, helps, 
governments, diversities of tongues. 
Are all Apostles ? are all prophets ? 
are all teachers ? are all workers of 
miracles ? have all the gifts of heal- 
ing ? do all speak with tongues ? do 
all interpret ? 

But covet earnestly the best gifts. 



1T2Cor.2:14. Now thanks be unto 
God, which always causeth us to tri- 
umph in Christ, and maketh mani- 
fest the savor of his knowledge by 
us in every place ! For we are unto 
God a sweet savor of Christ, in them 
that are saved, and in them that 
perish: to the one we are the savor 
of death unto death ; and to the oth- 
er the savor of life unto life. And 
who is sufficient for these things ? 
For we are not as many, which cor- 
rupt the word of God: but as of sin- 
cerity, but as of God, in the sight of 
God speak we in Christ. 

5: 20. Now then, we are ambas- 
sadors for Christ, as though God did 
beseech you by us, we pray you in 
Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to 
God. 

1 Cor. 14: 1. Follow after chari- 
ty, and desire spiritual gifts, but 
rather that ye may prophesy. For 
he that speaketh in an unknown 
tongue, speaketh not unto men, but 

j unto God : for no man understandeth 
\ him ; howbeit in the spirit he speak- 
I eth mysteries. But he that prophe- 
I sieth, speaketh unto men to edifica- 
tion, and exhortation, and comfort. 
i He that speaketh in an unknown 
1 tongue ediheth himself; but he that 
! prophesieth edifieth the church. I 
would that ye all spake with tongues, 
but rather that ye prophesied: for 
I greater is he that prophesieth than 
I he that speaketh with tongues, ex- 
I cept he interpret, that the church 
I may receive edifying. 

2 Cor. 10: 7. Do ye look on things 
after the outward appearance ? if 
any man trust to himself that he is 
Christ's, let him of himself think this 
again, that, as he is Christ's, even so 

■ are we Christ's. For though I should 

■ boast somewhat more of our author- 
ity, which the Lord hath given us 

< for edification, and not for your de- 

; struction, I should not be ashamed. 

Eph. 8: 7. Whereof I was made 

a minister according to the gift of 

the grace of God given unto me by 

the effectual working of his power: 

| (unto me, who am less than the least 
of all saints, is this grace given,) 
that I should preach among the 
Gentiles the unsearchable riches of 
Christ: and to make all men see 
what is the fellowship of the mys- 

| tery, which from the beginning of 
the world hath been hid in God, who 
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to the intent that now unto the prin- 
cipalities and powers, in heavenly 
places, might be known by the church 
the manifold wisdom of God, accord- 
ing to the eternal purpose which he 
purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord : 
in whom we have boldness and ac- 
cess with confidence by the faith of 
him. Wherefore I desire that ye 
faint not at my tribulations for you, 
which is your glory. 

Eph. 4: 11. And he gave some 
Apostles, and some prophets, and 
some evangelists, and some pastors 
and teachers ; for the perfecting of 
the saints, for the work of the minis- 
try, for the edifying of the body of 
Christ. 

1 Tim. 1 : 12. And I thank Christ 
Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled 
me, for that he counted me faithful, 
putting me into the ministry ; who 
was before a blasphemer, and a per- 
secutor, and injurious: but I obtain- 
ed mercy, because I did it ignorant- 
ly in unbelief. 

John 20: 21. As my Father hath 
sent me, even so send I you. 

Rom. 1: 1. Paul, called to be an 
Apostle, separated unto the gospel 
of God. 

Heb. 5: 4. No man taketh this 
honor to himself; but he that is 
called of God, as was Aaron. 

2 Tim. 2: 2. And the things that 
thou hast heard of me among many 
witnesses, the same commit thou to 
faithful men, who shall be able to 
teach others also. 

II. The character they should pos- 



Mat. 10: 16. Behold, I send you 
forth as sheep in the midst of wolves : 
be ye therefore wise as serpents, and 
harmless as doves. 

2 Co r. 3: 1. Do we begin again 
to commend ourselves ? or need we, 
as some others, epistles of commen- 
dation to you, or letters of commen- 
dation from you ? Ye are our epis- 
tle written in our hearts, known and 
read of all men : forasmuch as ye are 
manifestly declared to be the epistle 
of Christ ministered by us, written 
not with ink, but with the Spirit of 
the living God : not in tables of stone, 
but in fleshly tables of the heart. 
And such trust have we through 
Christ to God-ward: not that we are 
sufficient of ourselves to think any 



thing as of ourselves ; but our suffi- 
ciency is of God ; who also hath 
made us able ministers of the new 
testament ; not of the letter, but of 
I the spirit : for the letter killeth, but 
| the spirit giveth life. 
I 1 Thess. 2: 5. For neither at any 
j time used we flattering words, as ye 
j know, nor a cloak of covetousness ; 
I God is witness: nor of men sought 
we glory, neither of you, nor yet of 
others, when we might have been 
burdensome, as the Apostles of 
Christ. But we were gentle among 
you, even as a nurse cherisheth her 
children: so, being affectionately de- 
sirous of you, we were willing to 
have imparted unto you, not the 
gospel of God only, but also our own 
souls, because ye were dear unto us. 
For ye remember, brethren, our la- 
bor and travail: for laboring night 
and day, because we would not be 
chargeable unto any of you, we 
preached unto you the gospel of God. 
^e are witnesses, and God also, how 
holily, and justly, and unblamably 
we behaved ourselves among you 
that believe: as ye know how we 
exhorted, and comforted, and charg- 
ed every one of you, as a father doth 
his children, that ye would walk 
worthy of God, who hath called you 
unto his kingdom and glory. 

IF 1 Tim. 3:1. This is a true say- 
ing, if a man desire the office of a 
bishop, he desireth a good work. A 
bishop then must be blameless, the 
husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, 
of good behavior, given to hospi- 
tality, apt to teach ; not given to 
wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy 
lucre ; but patient ; not a brawler ; 
not covetous ; one that ruleth well 
his own house, having his children 
in subjection with all gravity ; (for 
if a man know not how to rule his 
own house, how shall he take care 
of the church of God ?) not a nov- 
ice, lest being lifted up with pride 
he fall into the condemnation of the 
Devil: moreover, he must have a 
good report of them which are with- 
out ; lest he fall into reproach and 
the snare of the Devil. 

4: 12. Let no man despise thy 
youth. But be thou an example of 
the believers, in word, in conversa- 
tion, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in 
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Isa. 52: 11. Be ye clean that bear 
the vessels of the Lord. 

Rom. 2 : 21. Thou that teachest 
another, teachest thou not thyself? 

2 Cor. 6: 3. Giving no offence, 
that the ministry be not blamed, in 
all things approving ourselves as the 
ministers of God. 

1 Cor. 9 : 27. But I keep under 
my body, and bring it into subjec- 
tion ; lest that by any means, when 
I have preached to others, I myself 
should be a castaway. 

1 Tim. 6: 11. Thou, man of 
God, follow after righteousness, god- 
liness, faith, love, patience, meek- 
ness. — 14. Keep this 'command- 
ment without spot, unrebukable. 

2 Tim. 2:1. Thou, therefore, my 
son, be strong in the grace that is in 
Christ Jesus . . . endure hardness as 
a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No 
man that warreth, entangleth him- 
self with the affairs of this life, that 
he may please him who hath chosen 
him to be a soldier. — 15. Study to 
show thyself approved unto God ; a 
workman that needeth not to be 
ashamed : rightly dividing the word 
of truth. 

III. Duties of the Ministry. 

Mat. 10 : 26. Fear them not, 
therefore, for there is nothing cov- 
ered that shall not be known. 
What I tell you in darkness, that 
speak ye in the light ; and what ye 
hear in the ear, that preach ye upon 
the housetops. 

1 Cor. 2: 1. And I, brethren, 
when I came to you, came not with 
excellency of speech, or of wisdom, 
declaring unto yon the testimony of 
God. For I determined not to know 
any thing among you, save Jesus 
Christ, and him crucified. And I 
was with you in weakness, and in 
fear, and in much trembling. And 
my speech and my preaching was 
not with enticing words of man's 
wisdom, but in demonstration of the 
Spirit, and of power: that your faith 
should not stand in the wisdom of 
men, but in the power of God. 
Howbeit, we speak wisdom among 
them that are perfect ; yet not the 
wisdom of this world, nor of the 
princes of this world, that come to 
naught: but we speak the wisdom I 
of God in a mystery, even the hid- I 
den wisdom, which God ordained 



before the world unto our glory ; 
which none of the princes of this 
world knew: for had they known it, 
they would not have crucified the 
Lord of glory. 

4: 9. For I think that God hath 
set forth us the Apostles last, as it 
were appointed to death: for we 
are made a spectacle unto the world, 
and to angels, and to men. We 
are fools for Christ's sake, but ye 
are wise in Christ; we are weak, 
but ye are strong ; ye are honorable', 
but we are despised. Even unto 
this present hour we both hunger, 
and thirst, and are naked, and are buf- 
feted, and have no certain dwelling- 
place, and labor, working with our 
own hands: being reviled, we bless; 
being persecuted, we suffer it ; being 
defamed, we entreat: we are made 
as the filth of the world, and are 
the off-scouring of all things unto 
this day. 

1F9:16. For though I preach the 
gospel, I have nothing to glory of; 
for necessity is laid upon me ; yea, 
woe is unto me, if I preach not the 
gospel ! For if I do this thing will- 
ingly, I have a reward ; but if 
against my will, a dispensation of 
the gospel is committed unto me. 
For though 1 be free from all men, 
yet have I made myself servant 
i unto all, that I might gain the more. 
And unto the Jews 1 became as a 
Jew, that I might gain the Jews ; 
to them that are under the law, as 
under the law, that I might gain 
them that are under the Jaw • to 
them that are without law, as with- 
out law, (being not without law to 
God, but under the law to Christ,) 
that I might gain them that are 
without law: to the weak became I 
as weak, that I might gain the 
weak: I am made all things to all 
men, that I might, by all means save 
some. And this I do for the gospel's 
sake, that I may be partaker thereof 
with you. 

2 Cor. 4: 1. Therefore, seeing 
we have this ministry, as we have 
received mercy, we faint not; but 
have renounced the hidden things 
of dishonesty ; not walking in craf- 
tiness, nor handling the word of 
God deceitfully ; but, by manifesta- 
tion of the truth, commending our- 
selves to every man's conscience in 
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preach not ourselves, but Christ 
Jesus the Lord 5 and ourselves your 
servants for Jesus' sake. For God, 
who commanded the light to shine 
out of darkness, hath shined in out- 
hearts, to give the light of the 
knowledge of the glory of God, in 
the face of Jesus Christ. But we 
have this treasure in earthen ves- 
sels, that the excellency of the power 
may be of God, and not of us. We 
are troubled on every side, yet not 
distressed ; we are perplexed, but 
not in despair ; persecuted, but not 
forsaken ; cast down, but not de- 
stroyed ; always bearing about in 
the body the dying of the Lord 
Jesus, that the life also of Jesus 
might be made manifest in our 
body. For we which live are always 
delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, 
that the life also of Jesus might be 
made manifest in our mortal flesh. 
So then death worketh in us, but 
life in you. We having the same 
spirit of faith, according as it is 
written, 

I believed, and therefore have I spoken ; 

we also believe, and therefore 
speak ; knowing, that he, which 
raised up the Lord Jesus, shall raise 
up us also by Jesus, and shall pre- 
sent us with you. For all things 
are for your sakes, that the abun-^ 
dant grace might, through the 
thanksgiving of many, redound to 
the glory of God. 

1 Cor. 14: 6. Now, brethren, if 
I come unto you speaking with 
tongues, what shall I profit you, 
except I shall speak to you either 
by revelation, or by knowledge, or 
by prophesying, or by doctrine? And 
even things without life giving 
sound, whether pipe or harp, ex- 
cept they give a distinction in the 
sounds, how shall it be known what 
is piped or harped? for if the trum- 
pet give an uncertain sound, who 
shall prepare himself to the battle? 
So likewise ye, except ye utter by 
the tongue words easy to be under- 
stood, how shall it be known what 
is spoken? for ye,, shall speak into 
the air. — 12. Even so ye, forasmuch 
as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, 
seek that ye may excel to the edify- 
ing of the church. — 15. What is it 
then? I will pray with the spirit, 
and I will pray with the understand- 
ing also: I will sing with the spirit, 



and I will sing with the understand- 
ing also. Else, when thou shalt 
bless with the spirit, how shall he 
that occupieth the room of the un- 
learned say Amen at thy giving of 
thanks, seeing he understandeth'not 
what thou sayest. For thou verily 
givest thanks well, but the other is 
not edified. I thank my God, I 
speak with tongues more than ye 
all: yet in the church I had rather 
speak five words with my under- 
standing, that by my voice I might 
teach others also, than ten thousand 
words in an unknown tongue. 
Brethren, Jbe not children in under- 
standing: howbeit, in malice be ye 
children, but in understanding be 
men. In the law it is written, 

With men of other tongues and other lips will I 
speak unto this people ; 
And yet for all that will they not hear me, 
saith the Lord. 

Wherefore togues are for a sign, 
not to them that believe, but to them 
that believe not: but prophesying 
serveth not for them that believe 
not, but for them which believe. If 
therefore the whole church be come 
together into one place, and all 
speak with tongues, and there come 
in those that are unlearned, or un- 
believers, will they not say that ye 
are mad? But if all prophesy, and 
there come in one that believeth 
not, or one unlearned, he is con- 
vinced of all, he is judged of all: 
and thus are the secrets of his heart 
made manifest; and so falling down 
on his face, he will worship God, 
and report that God is in you of a 
truth. 

2 Cor. 6: 1. We then as work- 
ers together with him, beseech you 
also that ye receive not the grace of 
God in vain : (for he saith, 

I have heard thee in a time accepted, 
And in the day of salvation have I succored thee : 
Behold now is the accepted time ! 
Hehold, now is the day of salvation 1) 

giving no offence in any thing, that 
the ministry be not blamed: but in 
all things approving ourselves as 
the ministers of God, in much pa- 
tience, in afflictions, in necessities, 
in distresses, in stripes, in imprison- 
ments, in tumults, in labors, in 
watchings, in fastings ; by pureness, 
by knowledge, by long-suffering, by 
kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by 
love unfeigned, by the word of 
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armor of righteousness on the right 
hand and on the left, by honor and 
dishonor, by evil report and good 
report ; as deceivers, and yet true ; 
as unknown, and yet well known ; 
as dying, and behold, we live ; as 
chastened, and not killed ; as sor- 
rowful, yet always rejoicing; as 
poor, yet making many rich ; as 
having nothing, and yet possessing 
all things. O ye Corinthians, our 
mouth is open unto you, our heart 
is enlarged. Ye are not straitened 
in us, but ye are straitened in your 
own bowels. Now for a recom- 
pense in the same (I speak as unto 
my children,) be ye also enlarged. 

1T 7: 2. Receive us; we have 
wronged no man, we have corrupted 
no man, we have defrauded no man. 
I speak not this to condemn you ; 
for I have said before, that ye are 
in our hearts to die and live with 
you. Great is my boldness of speech 
toward you, great is my glorying 
of you: I am filled with comfort, I 
am exceeding joyful in all our trib- 
ulation. 

11: 21. Howbeit, whereinsoever 
any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I 
am bold also ; are they Hebrews? 
so am I: are they Israelites? so am 
I: are they the seed of Abraham? 
so am I: are they ministers of 
Christ? (I speak as a fool,) I am 
more ; in labors more abundant, in 
stripes above measure, in prisons 
more frequent, in deaths oft ; of 
the Jews five times received I forty 
stripes save one: thrice was I beaten 
with rods, once was I stoned, thrice 
I suffered shipwreck, a night and a 
day I have been in the deep; in 
journeyings often, in perils of wa- 
ters, in perils of robbers, in perils 
by mine own countrymen, in perils 
by the heathen, in perils in the city, 
in perils in the wilderness, in perils 
in the sea, in perils among false 
brethren ; in weariness and painful- 
ness, in watchings often, in hunger 
and thirst, in fastings often, in cold 
and nakedness. Besides these things 
that are without, that which cometh 
upon me daily, the care of all the 
churches. Who is weak, and I am 
not weak? who is offended, and I 
burn not? If I must needs glory, I 
will glory of the things which con- 
cern mine infirmities. The God and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
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which is blessed for evermore, know- 
eth that I lie not. In Damascus the 
governor under Aretas the king 
kept the city of the Damascenes 
with a garrison, desirous to appre- 
hend me: and through a window in 
a basket was I let down by the wall, 
and escaped his hands. 

12: 7. And lest I should be ex- 
alted above measure through the 
abundance of the revelations, there 
was given to me a thorn in the flesh, 
the messenger of Satan to buffet 
me, lest I should be exalted above 
measure. For this thing I besought 
the Lord thrice, that it might depart 
from me. And he said unto me, 
My grace is sufficient for thee: for 
my strength is made perfect in weak- 
ness. Most gladly therefore will I 
rather glory in my infirmities, that 
the power of Christ may rest upon 
me. Therefore I take pleasure in 
infirmities, in reproaches, in neces- 
sities, in persecutions, in distresses 
for Christ's sake: for when I am 
weak, then am I strong. I am be- 
come a fool in glorying, ye have 
compelled me: for I ought to have 
been commended of you: for in 
nothing am I behind the very chief- 
est Apostles, though I be nothing. 
Truly the signs of an Apostle were 
wrought among you in all patience, 
in signs, and wonders, and mighty 
deeds. 

IF Phil. 1 : 12. But I would ye 
should understand, brethren, that 
the things which happened unto me 
have fallen out rather unto the fur- 
therance of the gospel ; so that my 
bonds in Christ are manifest in all 
the palace, and in all other places, 
and many of the brethren in the 
Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, 
are much more bold to speak the 
word without fear. Some indeed 
preach Christ even of envy and 
strife ; and some also of good will. 
The one preach Christ of conten- 
tion, not sincerely, supposing to add 
affliction to my bonds. But the 
other of love, knowing that I am 
set for the defence of the gospel. 
What then? notwithstanding, every 
way, whether in pretence or in 
truth, Christ is preached ; and I 
therein do rejoice, yea, and will 
rejoice. For I know that this shall 
turn to my salvation through your 
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of Jesus Christ, according to my 
earnest expectation and my hope, 
that in nothing I shall be ashamed, 
but that with all boldness, as always, 
so now also, Christ shall be magni- 
fied in my body, whether it be by 
life, or by death. For to me to live 
is Christ, and to die is gain. But if 
I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of 
my labor ; yet what I shall choose 
I wot not. For I am in a strait 
betwixt two, having a desire to de- 
part, and to be with Christ ; which 
is far better: nevertheless, to abide 
in the flesh is more needful for you. 
And having this confidence, I know 
that I shall abide and continue with 
you all for your furtherance and joy 
of faith ; that your rejoicing may be 
more abundant in Jesus Christ for 
me, by my coming to you again. 

2: 19. But I trust in the Lord 
Jesus to send Timotheus shortly 
unto you, that I also may be of 
good comfort, when I know your 
state. For I have no man like- 
minded, who will naturally care for 
your state. For all seek their own, 
not the things which are Jesus 
Christ's. But ye know the proof of 
him, that as a son with the father, 
he hath served with me in the 
gospel. 

IF Col. 1 : 23. Whereof I Paul 
am made a minister ; who now re- 
joice in my sufferings for you, and 
fill up that which is behind of the 
afflictions of Chrst in my flesh for 
his body's sake, which is the church : 
whereof I am made a minister, ac- 
cording to the dispensation of God, 
which is given to me for you, to 
fulfil the word of God: even the 
mystery which hath been hid from 
ages, and from generations ; but 
now is made manifest to his saints, 
to whom God would make known 
what is the riches of the glory of 
this mystery among the Gentiles, 
Avhich is Christ in you, the hope of 
glory: whom we preach, warning 
every man, and teaching every man 
in all wisdom ; that we may present 
every man perfect in Christ Jesus: 
whereunto I also- labor, striving 
according to his working, which 
worketh in me mightily. 

1 Tim. 1 : 18. This charge I 
commit unto thee, son Timothy, 
according to the prophecies which 
went before on thee, that thou by 



them mightest war a good warfare, 
holding faith and a good conscience •, 
which some having put away, 
concerning faith have made ship- 
wreck: of whom is Hymeneus and 
Alexander ; whom I have delivered 
unto Satan, that they may learn not 
to blaspheme. 

U" Jer. 3: 15. I will give you 
pastors according to mine own heart, 
that shall feed you with knowledge 
and understanding. 

Mat. 28: 19. Go ye and teach 
all nations . . . teaching them to ob- 
serve all things whatsoever I have 
commanded you. 

1 Tim. 4:6. If thou put the 
brethren in remembrance of these 
things, thou shaltbe a good minister 
of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the 
words of faith and of good doctrine, 
whereunto thou hast attained. But 
refuse profane and old wives' fables, 
and exercise thyself rather unto 
godliness. For bodily exercise prof- 
iteth little: but godliness is profita- 
ble unto all things, having promise 
of the life that now is, and of that 
which is to come. This is n faithful 
saying, and worthy of all accepta- 
tion. For therefore we both labor 
and suffer reproach, because we 
trust in the living God, who is the 
Savior of all men, especially of those 
that believe. These things com- 
mand and teach. — 13. Till I come 
give attendance to reading, to 
exhortation, to doctrine. Neglect 
not the gift that is in thee, which 
was given thee by prophecy, with 
the laying on of the hands of the 
presbytery. Meditate upon these 
things ; give thyself wholly to them ; 
that thy profiting may appear to all. 
Take heed unto thyself, and unto 
thy doctrine ; continue in them ; for 
in doing this thou shalt both save 
thyself, and them that hear thee. 

5: 17. Let the elders, that rule 
well, be counted worthy of double 
honor, especially they who labor in 
the word and doctrine. For the 
Scripture saith, Thou shalt not 
muzzle the ox that treadeth out the 
corn ; and, The laborer is worthy of 
his reward. Against an elder re- 
ceive not an accusation, but before 
two or three witnesses. Them that 
sin rebuke before all, that others 
also may fear. I charge thee before 
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the elect angels, that thou observe 
these things without preferring one 
before another, doing nothing by 
partiality. Lay hands suddenly on 
no man, neither be partaker of other 
men's sins: keep thyself pure. 

IT 2 Tim. 2: 1. Thou therefore, 
my son, be strong in the grace that 
is in Christ Jesus. And the things, 
that thou hast heard of me among 
many witnesses, the same commit 
thou to faithful men, who shall be 
able to teach others also. Thou 
therefore endure hardness, as a good 
soldier of Jesus Christ. No man 
that warreth entangleth himself with 
the affairs of this life ; that he may 
please him who hath chosen him to 
be a soldier. And if a man also 
strive for masteries, yet is he not 
crowned, except he strive lawfully. 
The husbandman thatlaboreth must 
be first partaker of the fruits. Con- 
sider what I say ; and the Lord give 
thee understanding in all things. — 
11. It is a faithful saying ; for if we 
be dead with him, we shall also live 
with him : if we suffer, we shall also 
reign with him: if we deny him, 
he also will deny us: if we believe 
not, yet he abideth faithful: he can- 
not deny himself. Of these things 
put them in remembrance, charging 
them before the Lord that they strive 
not about words, to no profit, but 
to the subverting of the hearers. 
Study to show thyself approved unto 
God, a workman that needeth not 
to be ashamed, rightly dividing the 
word of truth. But shun profane 
and vain babblings: for they will 
increase unto more ungodliness. 
And their word will eat as doth a 
canker: of whom is Hymeneus and 
Philetus, who concerning the truth 
have erred, saying, That the resur- 
rection is past already ; and over- 
throw the faith of some. Neverthe- 
less the foundation of God standeth 
sure, having this seal, The Lord 
knoweth them that are his ; and, 
Let every one that nameth the name 
of Christ depart from iniquity. But 
in a great house there are not only 
vessels of gold and of silver, but 
also of wood and of earth ; and 
some to honor, and some to dishon- 
or. If a man therefore purge him- 
self from these, he shall be a vessel 
unto honor, sanctified, and meet for 
the master's use, and prepared unto 



every good work. Flee also youth- 
ful lusts: but follow righteousness, 
faith, charity, peace, with them that 
call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 
But foolish and unlearned questions 
avoid, knowing that they do gender 
strifes. And the servant of the Lord 
must not strive ; but be gentle unto 
all men, apt to teach, patient; in 
meekness instructing those that op- 
pose themselves ; if God peradven- 
ture will give them repentance to 
the acknowledging of the truth ; and 
that they may recover themselves 
out of the snare of the devil, who 
are taken captive by him at his will. 
4: 5. But watch thou in all things, 
endure afflictions, do the work of 
an Evangelist, make full proof of 
thy ministry. For I am now ready 
to be offered, and the time of my 
departure is at hand: I have fought 
a good fight, I have finished my 
course, I have kept the faith : hence- 
forth there is laid up for me a 
crown of righteousness, which the 
Lord, the righteous Judge, shall 
give me at that day : and not to me 
only, but unto all them also that 
love his appearing. 

IF Titus 1 : 5. For this cause left 
I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest 
set in order the things that are 
wanting, and ordain Elders in every 
city, as I had appointed thee ; if any 
be blameless, the husband of one 
wife, having faithful children, not 
accused of riot, or unruly. For a 
bishop must be blameless, as the 
steward of God ; not self-willed, 
not soon angry, not given to wine, 
no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; 
but a lover of hospitality, a lover of 
good men, sober, just, holy, tem- 
perate, holding fast the faithful 
word as he hath been taught, that 
he may be able by sound doctrine 
both to exhort and to convince the 
gainsayers. 

1 Peter 5 : 1. The elders which 
are among you I exhort, who am 
also an elder, and a witness of the 
sufferings of Christ, and also a par- 
taker of the glory that shall be re- 
vealed : feed the flock of God which 
is among you, taking the oversight 
thereof, not by constraint, but wil- 
lingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a 
ready mind : neither as being lords 
over God's heritage, but being en- 
samples to the flock : and when the 



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chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall 
receive a crown of glory that fadeth 
not away. Likewise, ye younger, 
submit yourselves unto the elder. 
Yea, all of you be subject one to 
another, and be clothed with hu- 
mility : 

For God resisteth the proud, 
And giveth grace to the humble. 

Acts 11 : 22. Then tidings of 
these things came unto the ears of the 
church which was in Jerusalem, and 
they sent forth Barnabas, that he 
should go as far as Antioch. Who, 
when he came, and had seen the 
grace of God, was glad, and exhort- 
ed them all, that with purpose of 
heart they should cleave unto the 
Lord. For he was a good man, 
and full of the Holy Ghost, and of 
faith : and much people was added 
unto the Lord. 

IV. Ministry to be supported. 

1 Cor. 9:1. Am I not an Apostle ? 
am I not free ? have I not seen Jesus 
Christ our Lord ? are not ye my work 
in the Lord ? If I be not an Apostle 
unto others, yet doubtless I am to 
you: for the seal of mine Apostle- 
ship are ye in the Lord. Mine an- 
swer to them that do examine me is 
this. Have we not power to eat and 
to drink ? have we not power to lead 
about a sister, a wife, as well as oth- 
er Apostles, and as the brethren of 
the Lord, and Cephas ? Or I only 
and Barnabas, have not we power 
to forbear working ? Who goeth a 
warfare any time at his own char- 
ges ? who planteth a vineyard, and 
eateth not of the fruit thereof ? or 
who feedeth a flock, and eateth not 
of the milk of the flock ? Say I these 
things as a man ? or saith not the 
law the same also ? For it is written 
in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not 
muzzle the mouth of the ox that 
treadeth out the corn. Doth God 
take care for oxen ? or saith he it 
altogether for our sakes ? For our 
sakes, no doubt, this is written : that 
he that ploweth should plow in hope ; 
and that he that thrasheth in hope 
should be partaker of his hope. If 
we have sown unto you spiritual 
things, is it a great thing if we shall 
reap your carnal things ? If others 
be partakers of this power over yoU, 
are not we rather ? Nevertheless 
we have not used this power : but 
suffer all things, lest we should hin- 



der the gospel of Christ. Do ye not 
know that they which minister about 
holy things live of the things of the 
temple, and they which wait at the 
altar are partakers with the altar ? 
Even so hath the Lord ordained, that 
they which preach the gospel should 
live of the gospel. But I have used 
none of these things : neither have I 
written these things, that it should 
be so done unto me : for it were bet- 
ter for me to die, than that any man 
should make my glorying void. For 
though I preach the gospel, I have 
nothing to glory of : for necessity is 
laid upon me ; yea, woe is unto me, 
if I preach not the gospel ! For if 
I do this thing willingly, I have a 
reward ; but if against my will, a 
dispensation of the gospel is com- 
mitted unto me. What is my reward 
then ? Verily, that, when I preach 
the gospel, I may make the gos- 
pel of Christ without charge, that I 
abuse not my power in the gospel. 
For though I be free from all men, 
yet have I made myself servant unto 
all, that I might gain the more. And 
unto the Jews I became as a Jew, 
that I might gain the Jews , to them 
that are under the law, as under the 
law, that I might gain them that are 
under the law ; to them that are with- 
out law, as without law, (being not 
without law to God, but under the 
law to Christ,) that I might gain 
them that are without law : to the 
weak became I as weak, that I might 
gain the weak : I am made all things 
to all men, that I might by all means 
save some. And this I do for the 
gospel's sake, that I may be partaker 
thereof with you. 

If 2 Cor. 11:7. Have I committed 
an offence in abasing myself that ye 
might be exalted, because I have 
preached to you the gospel of God 
freely ? I robbed other churches, 
taking wages of them, to do you 
service. And when I was present 
with you, and wanted, I was charge- 
able to no man : for that which was 
lacking to me the brethren which 
came from Macedonia supplied: and 
in all things I have kept myself from 
being burdensome unto you, and so 
will I keep myself. As the truth of 
Christ is in me, no man shall stop 
me of this boasting in the regions of 
Achaia. Wherefore ? because I love 
you not? God knoweth. 



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12: 13. For what is it wherein ye 
were interior to other churches, ex- 
cept it be that I myself was not bur- 
densome to you ? forgive me this 
wrong. 

Behold, the third time I am ready 
to come to you ; and I will not be 
burdensome to you : for I seek not 
yours, but you. For the children 
ought not to lay up for the parents, 
but the parents for the children. 
And I will very gladly spend and be 
spent for you ; though the more 
abundantly I love you, the less I be 
loved. But be it so. 

I did not burden you : neverthe- 
less, being crafty, I caught you with 
guile. Did I make a gain of you 
by any of them whom I sent unto 



you 



I desired Titus, and with 



him I sent a brother. Did Titus make 
a gain of you ? walked we not in 
the same spirit ? walked we not in 
the same steps ? 

Mat. 10: 9. Provide neither gold, 
nor silver, nor brass, in your purses ; 
nor scrip for your journey ; neither 
two coats, neither shoes, nor yet 
staves ; for the workman is worthy 
of his meat. 

Luke 22 : 35. When I sent you 
without purse and scrip and shoes 
lacked ye any thing ? And they said, 
Nothing. 

Gal. 6: 6. Let him that is taught 
in the word communicate to him that 
teacheth, in all good things. 

V. Duties toward the Ministry. 

Mat. 10 : 40. He that receiveth 
you, receiveth me ; and he that re- 
ceiveth me, receiveth him that sent 
me. He that receiveth a prophet, in 
the name of a prophet, shall receive 
a prophet's reward ; and he that re- 
ceiveth a righteous man, in the name 
of a righteous man, shall receive a 
righteous man's reward. And who- 
soever shall give to drink unto one 
of these little ones a cup of cold 
water only, in the name of a disci- 
ple, verily, I say unto you, he shall 
in no wise lose his reward. 

Luke 10: 10. But into whatsoever 
city ye enter, and they receive you 
not, go your ways out into the streets 
of the same, and say, Even the very 
dust of your city which cleaveth on 
us, we do wipe off against you : 
notwithstanding, be ye sure of this, 
that the kingdom of God is come 



nigh unto you. But I say unto you, 
That it shall be more tolerable in 
that day for Sodom than for that 
city. Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! 
woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! lor if 
the mighty works had been done in 
Tyre and Sidon, which have been 
done in you, they had a great while 
ago repented, sitting in sackcloth 
and ashes. But it shall bo more tol- 
erable for Tyre and Sidon at the 
judgment, than for you. And thou, 
Capernaum ! which art exalted to 
heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. 
He that heareth you, heareth me ; 
and he that despiseth you, despiseth 
me ; and he that despiseth me, de- 
spiseth him that sent me. 

John 13 : 20. Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, He that receiveth whom- 
soever I send, receiveth me ; and 
he that receiveth me, receiveth him 
that sent me. 

1 Thess. 5 : 12. And we beseech 
you, brethren, to know them which 
labor among you, and are" over you 
in the Lord, and admonish you, and 
to esteem them very highly in love 
for their work's sake. 

Phil. 2 : 29. Receive him there- 
fore in the Lord with all gladness;; 
and hold such in reputation. Be- 
cause for the work of Christ he was 
nigh unto death, not regarding his 
life, to supply your lack of service 
toward me. 

IF Heb. 13:7. Remember them 
which have the rule over you, who 
have spoken unto you the word of 
God : whose faith follow, consider- 
ing the end of their conversation : 
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, 
and to-day, and forever. Be not 
carried about, with divers and strange 
doctrines : for it is a good thing that 
the heart be established with grace ; 
not with meats, which have not 
profited them that have been occu- 
pied therein. Obey them that have 
the rule over you, and submit your- 
selves : for they watch for your 
souls, as they that must give ac- 
count, that they may do it with joy, 
and not with grief: for that is un- 
profitable for you. Pray for us : 
for we trust we have a good con- 
science, in all things willing to live 
honestly. But I beseech you the 
rather to do this, that I may be re- 
stored to you the sooner. 

Mal. 3 : 8. Will a man rob God? 



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Yet ye have robbed me. But ye 
say, Wherein have we robbed thee ? 
In tithes and offerings... Bring ye 
all the tithes into the store-house. . . 
and prove me now herewith saith 
the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open 
the windows of heaven and pour 
you out a blessing, that there shall 
not be room enough to receive it. 

VI. The Minister's Reward. 

Luke 22 : 29. I appoint unto you 
a kingdom. 

John 4 : 35. Say not ye, There 
are yet four months, and then Com- 
eth harvest ? behold, I say unto you, 
Lift up your eyes, and look on the 
fields ; for they are white already 
to harvest. And he that reapeth 
receiveth wages, and galhereth fruit 
unto life eternal : that both he that 
soweth, and he that reapeth may 
rejoice together. And herein is that 
saying true, One soweth, and anoth- 
er reapeth. I sent you to reap that 
whereon ye bestowed no labor : 
other men labored, and ye are en- 
tered into their labors. 

1 Cor. 3:7. So then, neither is 
he that planteth any thing, neither 
he that watereth ; but God that giv- 
eth the increase. Now he that 
planteth and he that watereth are 
one ; and every man shall receive 
his own reward, according to his 
own labor. For we are laborers to- 
gether with God ; ye are God's hus- 
bandry ; ye are God's building. Ac- 
cording to the grace of God which 
is given unto me, as a wise master- 
builder, I have laid the foundation, 
and another buildeth thereon. But 
let every man take heed how he 
buildeth thereupon. For other foun- 
dation can no man lay than that is 
laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now 
if any man build upon this founda- 
tion, gold, silver, precious stones, 
wood, hay, stubble ; every man's 
work shall be made manifest : for 
the day shall declare it, because it 
shall be revealed by fire ; and the 
fite shall try every man's work, of 
what sort it is. IJLany man's work 
abide which he hath built thereupon, 
he shall receive a reward. If any 
man's work shall be burned, he 
shall suffer loss : but he himself 
shall be saved ; yet so as by fire. 

Phil. 1:21. For me to live is 
Christ ; but to die is gain. 



Jer. 33 : 20. If ye can break my 
covenant of the day and my cove- 
nant of the night. ...then may also my 
covenant be broken.. ..with the Le- 
vites, the priests, my ministers. 

Dan. 12:3. They that be wise 
shall shine as the brightness of the 
firmament, and they that turn'many 
to righteousness, as the stars for- 
ever and ever. 

Mat. 5 : 19. Whosoever shall do 
and teach these commandments, the 
same shall be called great in the 
kingdom of heaven. 

Luke 12 : 42. Who then is that 
faithful and wise steward, whom 
his Lord shall make ruler over his 
household, to give them their por- 
tion of meat in due season? Blessed 
is that servant, whom his Lord 
when he cometh shall find so doing. 

Isa. 52 : 7. How beautiful upon 
the mountains are the feet of him 
that bringeth good tidings ; that 
publisheth peace ; that bringeth 
good tidings of good ; that publish- 
eth salvation ; that saith unto Zion, 
Thy God reigneth ! Thy watchmen 
shall lift up their voice ; with the 
voice together shall they smg. 

VII. Ministerial Responsibilities. 

Ezek. 3 : 17. Son of man, I have 
made thee a watchman unto the 
house of Israel : therefore hear the 
word at my mouth, and give them 
warning from me. When I say unto 
the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; 
and thou givest him not warning, 
nor speakest to warn the wicked 
from his wicked way, to save his 
life ; the same wicked man shall 
die in his iniquity ; but his blood 
will I require at thine hand. Yet if 
thou warn the wicked, and he turn 
not from his wickedness, nor from 
his wicked way, he shall die in his 
iniquity; but thou hast delivered 
thy soul. Again, when a righteous 
man doth turn from his righteous- 
ness and commit iniquity, and I lay 
a stumbling-block before him, he 
shall die : because thou hast not 
given him warning, he shall die in 
his sin, snd his righteousness which 
he hath done shall not be remem- 
bered ; but his blood will I require 
at thine hand. Nevertheless if thou 
warn the righteous man, that the 
righteous sin not, and he doth not 
sin, he shall surely live, because he 



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is warned : also thou hast delivered 
thy soul. 

Heb. 13 : 17. They watch for 
your souls as they that must give 
account, that they may do it with 
joy and not with grief. 

2 Cor. 2 : 15. For we are unto 
God a sweet savor of Christ, in them 
that are saved and in them that per- 
ish ; to the one we are a savor of 
death unto death, and to the other 
of life unto life. And who is suffi- 
cient for these things ? 

VIII. Officers of Secular Affairs. 

Acts 6: 1. And in those days, 
when the number of the disciples was 
multiplied, there arose a murmuring 
of the Grecians against the Hebrews, 
because their widows were neglected 
in the daily ministration. Then the 
twelve called the multitude of the 
disciples unto them, and said, It is 
not reason that we should leave the 
word of God, and serve tables. 
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out 
among you seven men of honest re- 
port, full of the Holy Ghost and wis- 
dom, whom we may appoint over 
this business. But we will give our- 
selves continually to prayer, and to 
the ministry of the word. And the 
saying pleased the whole multitude : 
and they chose Stephen, a man full 
of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and 
Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, 
and Timon, and Parmenas, and Ni- 
colas, a proselyte of Antioch, whom 
they set before the Apostles: and 
when they had prayed, they laid 
their hands on them. And the word 
of God increased ; and the number 
of the disciples multiplied in Jerusa- 
lem greatly ; and a great company 
of the priests were obedient to the 
faith. 

Phil. 1:1. Paul and Timotheus, 
the servants of Jesus Christ, to all 
the saints in Christ Jesus, which are 
at Philippi, with the bishops and 
deacons. 

1 Tim. 3: 8. The deacons must 
be grave, not double-tongued, not 
given to much wine, not greedy of 
filthy lucre ; holding the mystery of 
the faith in a pure conscience. And 
let these also first be proved ; then 
let them use the office of a deacon, 
being found blameless. Even so must 
their wives be grave, not slander- 
ers ; sober, faithful in all things. 



Let the deacons be the husbands of 
one wife, ruling their children and 
their own houses well. For they, that 
have used the office of a deacon well, 
purchase to themselves a good de- 
gree, and great boldness in the faith 
which is in Christ Jesus. 

IX. False Teachers. 

Mat. 7 : 15. Beware of false 
prophets, which come to you in 
sheep's clothing, but inw anlly, they 
are ravening wolves. Ye shall know 
them by their fruits. Do men gather 
grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? 
Even so every good tree bringeth 
forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree 
bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree 
cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither 
can a corrupt tree bring forth good 
fruit. Every tree that bringeth not 
forth good fruit is hewn down, and 
cast into the fire. Wherefore, by 
their fruits ye shall know them. 

Not every one that saith unto me, 
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king- 
dom of heaven ; but he that doeth 
the will of my Father which is in 
heaven. Many will say to me in 
that day, Lord, Lord, have we not 
prophesied in thy, name ? and in thy 
name have cast out devils ? and in 
thy name done many wonderful 
works ? And then will I profess un- 
to them, I never knew you : depart 
from me, ye that work iniquity. 

Acts 19: 13. Then certain of the 
vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon 
them to call over them, which had 
evil spirits, the name of the Lord 
Jesus, saying, We adjure you by 
Jesus whom Paul preacheth. And 
there were seven sons of one Sceva 
a Jew, and chief of the priests, 
which did so. And the evil spirit 
answered and said, Jesus I know, 
and Paul I know ; but who are ye ? 
And the man in whom the evil spirit 
was, leaped on them, and overcame 
them, and prevailed against them, so 
that they fled out of that house na- 
ked and wounded. And this was 
known to all the Jews and Greeks al- 
so dwelling at Ephesus: and fear fell 
on them all, and the name of the 
Lord Jesus was magnified. 

20: 29. For I know that after my 
departure, shall grievous wolves en- 
ter in among you not sparing the 
flock. Also of your own selves shall 



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men arise, speaking perverse things, 
to draw away disciples after them. 

2 Cor. 11: 12. But what I do, 
that I will do, that I may cut off oc- 
casion from them which desire occa- 
sion : that wherein they glory, they 
may be found even as we. For 
such are false Apostles, deceitful 
workers, transforming themselves 
into the Apostles of Christ. And no 
marvel ; for Satan himself is trans- 
formed into an angel of light, there- 
fore it is no great thing if his minis- 
ters also be transformed as the min- 
isters of righteousness ; whose end 
shall be according to their works. I 
say again, let no man think me a 
fool: if otherwise, 3 7 et as a fool re- 
ceive me, that I may boast myself a 
little. That which I speak, I speak 
it not after the Lord, but as it were 
foolishly, in this confidence of boast- 



1T 2 Tim. 4 : 3. For the time will 
come, when they will not endure 
sound doctrine ; but after their own 
lusts shall they heap to themselves 
teachers ; having itching ears ; and 
they shall turn away their ears from 
the truth, and shall be turned unto 
fables. 

Jer. 23 : 1. Woe be unto the pas- 
tors that destroy and scatter the 
sheep of my pasture ! saith the 
Lord. Therefore thus saith the 
Lord God of Israel against the 
pastors that feed my people ; ye 
have scattered my flock, and driven 
them away, and have not visited 
them : behold, I will visit upon you 
the evil of your doings, saith the 
Lord. And I will gather the rem- 
nant of my flock out of all countries 
whither I have driven them, and I 
will bring them again to their folds ; 
and they shall be fruitful and in- 
crease. And I will set up shepherds 
over them which shall feed them: 
and they shall fear no more, nor be 
dismayed, neither shall they be lack- 
ing, saith the Lord. — 10. For the 
land " is full of adulterers ; for be- 
cause of swearing the land mourn- 
eth ; the pleasant places of the wil- 
derness are dried up, and their 
course is evil, and their force is not 
right. For both prophet and priest 
are profane ; yea, in my house have 
I found their wickedness, saith the 
Lord. Wherefore their way shall 
be unto them as slippery ways in the 



darkness: they shall be driven on, 
and fall therein: for I will bring 
evil upon them, even the year of 
their visitation, saith the Lord. And 
I have seen folly in the prophets of 
Samaria ; they prophesied in Baal, 
and caused my people Israel to err. 
I have seen also in the prophets of 
Jerusalem an horrible thing: they 
commit adultery, and walk in lies: 
they strengthen also the hands of 
evil-doers, that none doth return 
from his wickedness : they are all of 
them unto me as Sodom, and the 
inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. 
Therefore thus saith the Lord of 
hosts concerning the prophets ; Be- 
hold, I will feed them with worm- 
wood, and make them drink the wa- 
ter of gall : for from the prophets 
of Jerusalem is profaneness gone 
forth into all the land. Thus saith 
the Lord of hosts, Hearken not un- 
to the words of the prophets that 
prophesy unto you: they make you 
vain: they speak a vision of their 
own heart, and not out of the mouth 
of the Lord. The}^ say still unto 
them that despise me, The Lord 
hath said, Ye shall have peace ; 
and they say unto every one that 
walketh after the imagination of his 
own heart, no evil shall come upon 
you. For who hath stood in the 
counsel of the Lord, and hath per- 
ceived and heard his word ? Who 
hath marked his word, and heard 
it ? Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord 
is gone forth in fury, even a griev- 
ous whirlwind : it shall fall grievous- 
ly upon the head of the wicked. 

IT 2 : 8. The priests said not, Where 
is the Lord ? and they that handle 
the law, knew me not. The pastors 
also transgressed against me. 

5:30. A wonderful and horrible 
thing is committed in the land : the 
prophets prophesy falsely, and the 
priests bear rule by their means ; 
and my people love to have it so. 

6: 14. They have healed the hurt 
of the daughter of my people slight- 
ly, saying, Peace, peace, when there 
is no peace. 

Ezek. 13: 10. They have seduced 
my people, saying, Peace, and there 
was no peace. One built the wall, 
and lo, others daubed it with untem- 
pered mortar. 

22 : 26. They have put no differ- 
ence between the holy and the pro- 



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fane, between the unclean and the 
clean. 

Isa. 28: 7. The priest and the 
prophet have erred through wine, 
and through strong drink, they are 
out of the way. 

Ezek:. IS: 19. Will ye pollute me 
among my people for handfuls of 
barley, and pieces of bread ? 

Mic. 8: 11. The priests teach for 
hire, and the prophets divine for 
money. . . Therefore shall Zion for 
your sake be plowed as a field. 

Tr. 1 : 10. There are many unruly 
and vain talkers and deceivers, spe- 
cially they of the circumcision, whose 
mouths must be stopped ; who sub- 
vert whole houses, teaching things 
which they ought not, for filthy lu- 
cre's sake. 

Mal. 2 : 7. The priests' lips 
should keep knowledge ; and they 
should seek the law at his mouth ; 
for he is the messenger of the Lord 
of hosts. But ye are departed out of 
the way. Ye have caused many to 
stumble at the law: ye have corrupt- 
ed the covenant of Levi, saith the 
Lord of hosts. 



§ 6. DISCIPLINE, OR GOVERNMENT 
OF THE CHURCH. 

I. Authority, where vested, and of 
what Nature. 

2 Cor. 10: 8. Our authority the 
Lord hath given us for edification, 
and not for destruction. 

1 Cor. 5: 1. It is reported com- 
monly that there is fornication among 
you, and such fornication as is not 
so much as named among the Gen- 
tiles, that one should have his fa- 
ther's wife. And ye are puffed up, 
and have not rather mourned, that 
he that hath done this deed might 
be taken away from among you. For 
I verily, as absent in body, but pres- 
ent in spirit, have judged already as 
though I were present, concerning 
him that hath so done this deed, in 
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
when ye are gathered together, and 
my Spirit, with the power of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, to deliver such a 
one unto Satan for the destruction of 
the flesh, that the spirit may be sa- 
ved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 
Your glorying is not good. Know ye 
21 



not, that a little leaven leaveneth 
the whole lump ? Purge out there- 
fore, the old leaven, that ye may be 
a new lump, as ye are unleavened. 
For even Christ our passover is sa- 
crificed for us: therefore let us keep 
the feast, not with old leaven, nei- 
ther with the leaven of malice and 
wickedness : but with the unleaven- 
ed bread of sincerity and truth. I 
wrote unto you in an epistle, not to 
company with fornicators. Yet not 
altogether with the fornicators of 
this world, or with the covetous, or 
extortioners, or with idolaters: for 
then must ye needs go out of the 
world. But now I have written unto 
you not to keep company, if any 
man that is called a brother be a 
fornicator, or covetous, or an idola- 
ter, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an 
extortioner: with such a one no not 
to eat. For what have I to do to 
judge them also that are without ? 
do not ye judge them that are with- 
in ? but them that are without God 
judgeth. Therefore put away from 
among yourselves that wicked per- 
son. 

2 Cor. 2; 5. But if any have caus- 
ed grief, he hath not grieved me, 
but in part : that I may not over- 
charge you all. Sufficient to such a 
man is this punishment, which was 
inflicted of many. So that contrari- 
wise, ye ought rather to forgive him, 
and comfort him, lest perhaps such a 
one should be swallowed up with 
overmuch sorrow. Wherefore I be- 
seech you that ye would confirm your 
love toward him: for to this end also 
did I write, that I might know the 
proof of you, whether ye be obedient 
in all things. To whom ye forgive 
any thing, I forgive also: for if 1 for- 
gave any thing, to whom 1 forgave 
it, for your sakes forgave I it in the 
person of Christ: lest Satan should 
"get an advantage of us: for we are 
not ignorant of his devices. 

IT 2 Thess. 3:6. Withdraw your- 
selves from every brother that walk* 
eth disorderly, and not after the tra- 
dition which he received of us. — II. 
For w r e hear that there are some 
which walk among you disorderly, 
working not at all, busy-bodies. 
Now them that are such, we com- 
mand and exhort by our Lord Jesus 
Christ, that with quietness they work 
and eat their own bread. 



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And if any man obey not our word 
by this epistle, note that man, and 
have no company with him, that he 
may be ashamed ; yet count him not 
as an enemy, but admonish him as a 
brother. 

Acts 15 : 1. And certain men 
which came down from Judea, 
taught the brethren, Except ye be 
circumcised, after the manner of Mo- 
ses, ye cannot be saved. — 6. And 
the Apostles and elders came togeth- 
er to consider of this matter. — 
-22. Then pleased it the Apostles 
and elders, with the whole church, 
to send chosen men of their own 
company to Antioch, with Paul and 
Barnabas ; namely, Judas surnamed 
Barsabas, and Silas, chief men 
among the brethren.: and they wrote 
letters by them after this manner. 

u The Apostles, and elders, and 
brethren send greeting unto the 
brethren which are of he Gentiles, 
in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia. 
Forasmuch as Ave have heard, that 
certain, which went out from us, 
nave troubled you with words, sub- 
verting your souls, saying, Ye must 
be circumcised, and keep the law ; 
to whom we gave no such command- 
ment: it seemed good unto us, being 
assembled with one accord, to send 
chosen men unto you, with our be- 
loved Barnabas and Paul, men that 
have hazarded their lives for the 
name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We 
have sent therefore Judas and Silas, 
who shall also tell you the same 
things by mouth. For it seemed good 
to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay 
upon you no greater burden than 
these necessary things ; that ye 
abstain from meats offered to idols, 
and from blood, and from things 
strangled, and from fornication ; 
from which if ye keep yourselves, 
ye shall do well. Fare ye well." 

So when they were dismissed,. 
they came to Antioch: and when 
they had gathered the multitude to- 
gether, they delivered the epistle. 
Which when they had read, they re- 
joiced for the consolation. And Ju- 
das and Silas, being prophets also 
themselves, exhorted the brethren 
with many words, and confirmed 
them. And after they had tarried 
there a space, they were let go in 
peace from the brethren unto the 
Apostles. Notwithstanding, it pleas- 
ed Silas to abide there still. Paul 



also and Barnabas continued in An- 
tioch, teaching and preaching the 
word of the Lord, with many others 
also. 

1 Cor. 14: 33. God is not the au- 
thor of confusion, but of peace, as 
in all churches of the saints. 

Let your women keep silence in 
I the churches: for it is not permitted 
i unto them to speak: but they are 
j commanded to be under obedience, 
as also saith the law. — 40. Let all 
j things be done decently and in or- 
der. 

Gal. 6: 2. Bear ye one another's 
burdens, and so fulfil the law of 
Christ. For if a man think himself 
to be something, when he is nothing, 
he deceiveth himself. 

Ti. 3:10. A man that is a here- 
tic, after the first and second admo- 
nition reject: knowing that he that 
is such, is subverted and sinneth, be- 
ing condemned of himself. 

Includes the adjustment of business. 

Mat. 5: 40. If any man will sue 
thee at the law, and take away thy 
coat, let him have thy clock also. 

Rom. 12: 17. Recompense to no 
man evil for evil. . . . Avenge not 
yourselves ; but rather give place 
unto wrath. 

1 Cor. 6:1. Dare any of you, hav- 
ing a matter against another, go to 
law before the unjust, and not be- 
fore the saints ? Do ye not know 
that the saints shall judge the world? 
and if the world shall be judged by 
you, are ye unworthy to judge the 
smallest matters ? Know ye not that 
we shall judge angels ? how much 
more, things that pertain to this life ? 
If then ye have judgments of things 
pertaining to this life, set them to 
judge who are least esteemed in the 
church. I speak to your shame ! Is 
it so, that there is not a wise man 
among you! no not one that shall be 
able to judge between his brethren ! 
But brother goeth to law with broth- 
er, and that before the unbelievers ! 
Now therefore, there is utterly a 
fault among you, because ye go to 
law one with another. Why do ye 
not rather take wrong ? why do ye 
not rather suffer yourselves to be 
defrauded ? Nay, ye do wrong, and 
defraud, and that your brethren! 



TOP. II.] 



RULE AND PROCESS OF DISCIPLINE. 



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II. Rule or Process of Discipline. 

Mat. 18: 15. Moreover, if thy 
brother shall trespass against thee, 
go and tell him his fault between 
thee and him alone : if he shall hear 
thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 
But if he will not hear thee, then 
# take with thee one or two more, that 
in the mouth of two or three wit- 
nesses every word may be estab- 
lished. And if he shall neglect to 
hear them, tell it unto the church ; 
but if he neglect to hear the church, 
let him be unto thee as a heathen 
man and a publican. Verily, I say 
unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind 
on earth, shall be bound in heaven: 
and whatsoever ye shall loose on 
earth shall be loosed in heaven. 

John 8 : 3. And the scribes and 
Pharisees brought unto him a wo- 
man taken in adultery ; and when 
they had set her in the midst, they 
say unto him, Master, this woman 
was taken in adultery, in the very 
act. Now Moses in the law com- 
manded us, that such should be 
stoned : but what, sayest thou? This 
they said, tempting him, that they 
might have to accuse him. But Je- 
sus stooped down, and with his fin- 
ger wrote on the ground, as though 
he heard them not. So when they 
continued asking him, he lifted up 
himself, and said unto them, He 
that is without sin among you, let 
him first cast a stone at her. And 
again he stooped down and wrote on 
the ground. And they which heard it, 
being convicted by their own con- 
science, went out one by one, begin- 
ning at the eldest, even unto the last: 
and Jesus was left alone, and the 
woman standing in the midst 

1TMat. 7 : 1. Judge not that ye be 
not judged : t for with what judg- 
ment ye judge ye shall be judged, 
and with what measure ye mete, it 
shall be measured to you again. 
And why beholdest thou the mote 
that is in thy brother's eye, but con- 
siderest not the beam that is in thine 
own eye? Or how wilt thou say to 
thy brother, Let me pull out the 
mote, out of thine eye ; and behold 
a beam is in thine own eye. Thou 
hypocrite ! First cast out the beam 
out of thine own eye, and then shalt 
thou see clearly to cast out the mote 
out of thy brother's eye. 



Luke 6 : 39. Can the blind lead 
the blind ? shall they not both fall 
into the ditch ? 

Rom. 2:1. Therefore thou art 
inexcusable, man, whosoever thou 
art' that judgest, for wherein thou 
judgest another thou condemnest 
also thyself: for thou that judgest 
dost the same things. 

Gal. 6 : 1. Brethren, if a man be 
overtaken in a fault; ye that are 
spiritual restore such an one in the 
spirit of meekness ; considering thy-* 
self lest thou also be tempted. 

III. Discipline does not extend to 
Conscience or Faith. 

2 Cor. 1 : 24. Not that we have 
dominion over your faith, but are 
helpers of your joy ; for by faith 
ye stand. 

1 Peter 5 : 3. Neither as being 
Lords over God's heritage ; but be j 
ing ensamples to the flock, 

Rom. 14 i 1. Him that is weak in 
the faith receive ye, but not to doubt- 
ful disputations. For one believeth 
that he may eat all things ; another, 
who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not 
him that eateth despise him that 
eateth not ; and let not him which 
eateth not judge him that eateth : 
for God hath received him. Who 
art thou that judgest another man's 
servant ? to his own master he 
standeth or falleth : yea, he shall be 
holden up : for God is able to make 
him stand. One man esteemeth one 
day above another : another es- 
teemeth every day alike. Let every 
man be fully persuaded in his own 
mind, He that regardeth the day, 
regardeth it unto the Lord : and he 
that regardeth not the day, to the 
Lord he doth not regard it. For 
none of us liveth to himself, and no 
man dieth to himself. For whether 
we live, we live unto the Lord ; and 
whether we die, we die unto the 
Lord : whether we live therefore, 
or die, we are the Lord's. For to 
this end Christ both died, and rose, 
and revived, that he might be Lord 
both of the dead and living. But 
why dost thou judge thy brother ? 
or why dost thou set at naught thy 
brother ? for we shall all stand be- 
fore the judgment seat of Christ, 
For it is written, 

As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall b»w 

to me, 
And every tongue ?hall confess to God, 



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[' 



II. 



So then every one of us shall give 
account of himself to God. Let us 
not therefore judge one another any 
more : but judge this rather, that no 
man put a stumbling-block, or an 
occasion to fall in his brother's way. 
— 17. For the kingdom of God is 
not meat and drink, but righteous- 
ness, and peace, and joy in the Holy 
Ghost. For he that in these things 
serveth Christ is acceptable to God, 
and approved of men. Let us there- 
fore follow after the things which 
make for peace, and things where- 
with one may edify another. 

15:7. Wherefore receive ye one 
another, as Christ also received us, 
to the glory of God. 

James 4:11. If thou judge the 
law, thou art not a doer of the law, 
but a judge. There is one lawgiver 
who is able to save and to destroy. 
Who art thou that judgest another? 

Mark 9 : 38. Master, we saw one 
casting out devils in thy name, and 
he followeth not us ; and we forbade 
him, because he followeth not us. 
But Jesus said, Forbid him not . . . 
for he that is not against us is on 
our part. . .Whosoever shall offend 
one of these little ones, that believe 
in me, it were better for him that 
a mill-stone were hanged about his 
neck, and he were cast into the 
sea. 

Rom. 16 : 17. Now I beseech you, 
brethren, mark them which cause 
divisions and offences, contrary to 
the doctrine which ye have learn- 
ed ; and avoid them. For they that 
are such serve not our Lord Jesus 
Christ, but their own belly ; and by 
good words and fair speeches de- 
ceive the hearts of the simple. For 
your obedience is come abroad unto 
all men. I am glad therefore on 
your behalf: but yet I would have 
you wise unto that which is good, 
and simple concerning evil. And 
the God of peace shall bruise Satan 
under your feet shortly. The grace 
of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
you. Amen. 

IV. Restoration of an Offender. 

Mat. 18: 21. Then came Peter to 
him, and said, Lord, how oft shall 
my brother sin against me, and I 
forgive him ? till seven times ? Je- 
sus saith unto him, I say not unto 
thee, until seven times ; but until 



seventy times seven. Therefore is 
the kingdom of heaven likened unto 
a certain king which would take 
account of his servants. And when 
he had begun to reckon, one was 
brought unto him which owed him, 
ten thousand talents. But for- 
asmuch as he had not to pay, his 
lord commanded him to be sold, 
and his wife and children, and all* 
that he had, and payment to be 
made. The servant therefore fell 
down, and worshipped him, saying, 
Lord, have patience with me, and I 
will pay thee all. Then the lord of 
that servant was moved with com- 
passion, and loosed him, and for- 
gave him the debt. But the same 
servant went out, and found one of 
his fellow-servants, which owed him 
a hundred pence : and he laid hands 
on him, and took him by the throat, 
saying, Pay me that thou owest. 
And his feilow-servant fell down at 
his feet, and besought him saying, 
Have patience with me, and I will 
pay thee all. And he would not : 
but went and cast him into prison, 
till he should pay the debt. So when 
his fellow-servants saw v. hat was 
done, they were very sorry, and 
came and told unto their lord all 
that was done. Then his lord, af- 
ter that he had called him, said un- 
to him, O thou wicked servant ! I 
forgave thee all that debt, because 
thou desiredst me : shouldest not 
thou also have had compassion on 
thy fellow servant, even as 1 had 
pity on thee ? And his lord was 
wroth, and delivered him to the tor- 
mentors, till he should pay all that 
was due unto him. So likewise 
shall my heavenly Father do also 
unto you, if ye, from your hearts, 
forgive not every one his brother 
their trespasses. 

Luke 17: 8. If thy brother tres- 
pass against thee, rebuke him ; and 
if he repent, forgive him. And if 
he trespass against thee seven times 
in a day, and seven times in a day 
turn again to thee, saying, I. repent ; 
thou shalt forgive him. 

2 Cor. 2: 6. Sufficient to such a 
man is this punishment, which was 
inflicted of many. So that contrari- 
wise, ye ought rather to forgive him 
and comfort him, lest such an one 
should be swallowed up with over- 
much sorrow. Wherefore I beseech 



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THE CHRISTIAN 



HUMILITY. 



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you that ye woud confirm your 
love toward him. 

Col. 3 : 12. Put on therefore as 
the elect of God, holy and beloved, 
bowels of mercies, kindness, meek- 
ness, humbleness of mind, long suf- 
fering ; forbearing one another, and 



forgiving one another, if any man 
have ;i quarrel against any, even as 
Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 
And above all these things put on 
charity, which is the bond of per- 
fectness. 



THIRD GENERAL TOPIC 



THE CHRISTIAN. 



CHAPTER I. 

PRINCIPLES AND FEELINGS TO BE 
CHERISHED. 



§1. 



HUMILITY. 



Ps. 9:12. [God] forgetteth not the 
cry of the humble. 

10 : 17. Lord thou hast heard the 
desire of the humble •, thou wilt pre- 
pare their heart ; thou wilt cause 
thine ear to hear. 

10:2. The wicked, in his pride, 
doth persecute the poor. — 4. The 
-wicked, through the pride of his coun- 
tenance, will not seek after God. 

Prov. 16 : 19. Better it is, to be of 
an humble spirit with the lowly, 
than to divide the spoil with the 
proud. 

8: 13. The fear of the Lord is to 
hate evil ; pride, and arrogance, and 
the evil way, and the fro ward mouth 
do I hate. 

11:2. When pride cometh, then 
cometh shame ; but with the lowly 
is wisdom. 

13 : 10. Only by pride cometh 
contention. 

15 : 25. The Lord will destroy 
the house of the proud ; but he will 
establish the border of the widow. 

16: 5. Every one that is proud in 
heart, is an abomination to the Lord ; 
though hand join in hand he shall 
not be unpunished. — 18. Pride go- 



eth before destruction, and an haugh- 
ty spirit before a fall. 

21 : 4. An high look and a proud 
heart ... is sin. 

28 : 25. He that is of a proud 
heart stirreth up strife. 

29 : 23. A man's pride shall bring 
him low ; but honor upholdeth the 
humble in spirit. 

Isa. 57 : 15. Thus saith the High 
and Lofty One that inhabiteth Eter- 
nity ; whose name is holy ; I dwell 
in the high and holy place ; with 
him also that is of a contrite and 
humble spirit, and to revive the 
spirit of the humble, to revive the 
heart of the contrite ones. 

2 : 11. The lofty looks of man 
shall be humbled, and the haughti- 
ness of man shall be bowed down. 

66 : 2. To this man will I look, 
even to him that is poor, and of a 
contrite spirit, and that trembleth at 
my word. 

2 Chron. 33: 12. When he [Ma- 
nasseh] was in affliction, he be- 
sought the Lord his God, and hum- 
bled himself greatly before the God 
of his fathers. 

Isa. 23 : 9. The Lord of hosts 
hath purposed it, to stain the pride 
of all glory, and to bring into con- 
tempt, all the honorable of the earth. 

Jer. 13: 17. If ye will not hear it, 
my soul shall weep in secret places 
for your pride. 

50 : 32. The most proud shall 



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[P. II. 



stumble and fall and none shall help 
him up. 

Ezek. 16:49. Behold, this was the 
iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, 
fulness of bread, and abundance of 
idleness. 

Obad. 3. The pride of thy heart 
hath deceived thee. 

Esth. 3:5. And when Hainan saw 
that Mordecai bowed not, nor did 
him reverence, then was Haman full 
of wrath. And he thought scorn to 
lay hands on Mordecai alone ; for 
they had showed him the people of 
Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought 
to destroy all the Jews that were 
throughout the whole kingdom of 
Ahasuerus, even the people of Mor- 
decai. 

5: 12. Haman said moreover, 
Yea, Esther the queen did let no 
man come in with the king unto the 
banquet that she had prepared but 
myself; and to-morrow am I invited 
unto her also with the king. Yet 
all this availeth me nothing, so long 
as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at 
the king's gate. 

IT Mat. 6:1. Take heed that ye do 
not your alms before men, to be seen 
of them: otherwise ye have no re- 
ward of your Father which is in 
heaven. Therefore when thou do- 
est thine aim*, do not sound a trum- 
pet before thee, as the hypocritesjio, 
in the synagogues, and in the streets, 
that they may have glory of men. 
Verily, I say unto you, They have 
their reward. But when thou doest 
alms, let not thy left hand know 
what thy right hand doeth ; that 
thine alms maybe in secret: and thy 
Father, which seeth in secret, him- 
self shall reward thee openly. 

20: 20. Then came to him the 
mother of Zebedee ; s children, with 
her sons, worshipping him, and de- 
siring a certain thing of him. And 
he said unto her, What wilt thou? 
She saith unto him, Grant that these 
my two sons may sit, the one on thy 
right hand, and the other on the left, 
in thy kingdom. — 24. And when 
the ten heard it, they were moved 
with indignation against the two 
brethren. But Jesus called them 
unto him, and said, Ye know that 
the princes of the Gentiles exercise 
dominion over them, and they that 
are great exercise authority upon 
them. But it shall not be so among 



you: but whosoever will be- great 
among you, let him be your minis- 
ter: and whosoever will be chief 
among you, let him be your servant: 
even .as the Son of man came not to 
be ministered unto, but to minister, 
and to give his life a ransom for 
many. 

23:8. But be not ye called Rabbi: 
for one is your Master, even Christ; 
and all ye are brethren. And call 
no man your father upon the earth: 
for one is your Father which is in 
heaven. Neither be ye called mas- 
ters: for one is your Master, even 
Christ. But he that is greatest 
among you 3 shall be your servant. 
And whosoever shall exalt him- 
self shall be abased ; and he that 
shall humble himself shall be ex- 
alted. 

Luke 9: 48. Whosoever shall re- 
ceive this little child in my name, 
receiveth me; and whosoever shall 
receive me receiveth him that sent 
me: for he that is least among you 
all, the same shall be great. 

IT 14: 7. And he put forth a parable 
to those which were bidden, when 
he marked how they chose out the 
chief rooms ; saying unto them, 
When thou art bidden of any man to 
a wedding, sit not down in the high- 
est room, lest a more honorable man 
than thou be bidden of him; and he 
that bade thee and him come and 
say to thee, Give this man place; 
and thou begin with shame to take 
the lowest room. — 10. But when 
thou art bidden, go and sit down in 
the lowest room; that when he that 
bade thee cometh, he may say unto 
thee, Friend, go up higher: then 
shalt thou have worship in the pres- 
ence of them that sit at meat with 
thee. For whosoever exalteth him- 
self shall be abased, and he that 
humbleth himself shall be exalted. 
Then said he also to him that bade 
him, When thou makest a dinner or 
a supper, call not thy friends, nor 
thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, 
nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also 
bid thee again, and a recompense be 
made thee. But when thou makest 
a feast, call the poor, the maimed, 
the lame, the blind: and thou shalt 
be blessed; for they cannot recom- 
pense thee: for thou shalt be recom- 
pensed at the resurrection of the 
just. And when one 'of them that 



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183 



sat at meat with him heard these 
tilings, he said unto him, Blessed is 
he that shall eat bread in the king- 
dom of God. 

22: 24. And there was also a strife 
among them, which of them should 
be accounted the greatest. And he 
said unto them, The kings of the 
Gentiles exercise lordship over them; 
and they that exercise authority up- 
on them are called benefactors. But 
ye shall not be so; but he that is 
greatest among you, let him be as 
the younger; and he that is chief, as 
he that doth serve. For whether is 
greater, he that sitteth at meat, or 
he that serveth? is not he that sit- 
teth at meat? but I am among you 
as he that serveth. Ye are they 
which have continued with me in 
my temptations; and I appoint unto 
you a kingdom, as my Father hath 
appointed unto me; that ye may eat 
and drink at my table in my king- 
dom, and sit on thrones, judging the 
twelve tribes of Israel. 

IF John 13: 3. Jesus knowing that 
the Father had given all things into 
his hands, and that he was come 
from God, and went to God ; he 
riseth from supper, and laid aside 
his garments; and took a towel, and 
girded himself. After that, he pour- 
eth water into a basin, and began 
to wash the disciples' feet, and to 
wipe them with the towel where- 
with he was girded. Then cometh 
he to Simon Peter: and Peter saiih 
unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my 
feet? Jesus answered and said un- 
to him, What I do thou knowest not 
now; but thou shall know hereafter. 
Peter saith unto him, Thon shalt 
never wash my feet. Jesus an- 
swered him, If I wash thee not, thou 
hast no part with me. Simon Peter 
saith unto him, Lord, not my feet 
only, but also my hands and my 
head. Jesus saith to him, He that 
is washed needeth not save to wash 
his feet, but is clean every whit: and 
ye are clean, but not all. For he 
knew who should betray him : there- 
fore, said he, Ye are not all clean. 
So after he had washed their feet, 
and had taken his garments, and 
was set down again, he said unto 
them, Know ye what I have done to 



you 



? Ye call me Master, and Lord 



and ye say well; for so I am. If I 
then, your Lord and Master, have 



washed your feet; ye ought also to 
wash one another's feet. For I 
have given you an example, that ye 
should do as I have done to you. 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The 
servant is not greater than" his lord; 
neither he that is sent greater than 
he that sent him. If ye know these 
things, happy are ye if ye do them. 

Acts 12: 21. Upon a set day, 
Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat 
upon his throne, and made an ora- 
tion unto them. And the people 
gave a shout, and said, it is the 
voice of a god, and not of a man. 
And, immediately, the angel of the 
Lord smote him, because he gave 
not God the glory; and he was eaten 
of worms, and gave up the ghost. 

Mat. 5: 3. Blessed are'the poor 
in spirit. — 5. Blessed are the meek. 

IF Rom. 12: 3. For I say, through 
the grace given unto me, to every 
man that is among you, not to think 
of himself more highly than he 
ought to think; but to think soberly, 
according as God hath dealt to every 
man the measure of faith. For as 
we have many members in one 
body, and all memberf have not the 
same office: so we, being many, are 
one body in Christ, and every one 
members one of another; having 
then gifts, differing according to the 
grace that is given to us; whether 
prophecy, let us prophesy according 
to the proportion of faith: or minis- 
try, let us wait on our ministering: 
or he that teacheth, on teaching: or 
he that exhorteth, on exhortation: 
he that giveth, let him do it with 
simplicity: he that ruleth, with dili- 
gence: he that showeth mercy, with 
cheerfulness. 

1 Cor. 4: 6. That ye might learn 
in us not to think of men above that 
which is written, that no one of you 
be puffed up for one against another. 
For who inaketh thee to differ from 
another? and what hast thou that 
thou didst not receive? Now if thou 
didst receive it, why dost thou glory, 
as if thou hadst not received it? 

Phil. 2: 3. Let nothing be done 
through strife or vain glory: but in 
lowliness of mind, let each esteem 
others better than themselves. — 5. 
Let this mind be in you, which was 
also in Gfcrist Jesus, who, being in 
the form of God, thought it not rob- 
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himself of no reputation, and took 
upon him the form of a servant, and 
was made in the likeness of men; 
and being found in fashion as a 
man, he humbled himself, and be- 
came obedient unto death, even the 
death of the cross. 

1F James 2:1. My brethren, have 
not the faith of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, the Lord of glory, with re- 
spect of persons. For if there come 
unto your assembly, a man with a 
gold ring, in goodly apparel, arid 
there come in also a poor man in 
vile raiment, and ye have respect to 
him that weareth the gay clothing, 
and say unto him, Sit thou here in a 
good place; and say to the poor, 
Stand th5u there, or sit here under 
my footstool, are ye not then partial 
in yourselves, and are become judg- 
es of evil thoughts? Hearken, my 
beloved brethren, hath not God 
chosen the poor of this world rich in 
faith, and heirs of the kingdom 
which he hath promised to them 
that love him? but ye have despised 
the poor. Do not rich men oppress 
you, and draw you before the judg- 
ment-seats ? Co not they blaspheme 
that worthy name by the which ye 
are called? If ye fulfil the royal 
law according to the scripture, Thou 
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, 
ye do ivell; but if ye have respect to 
person!, ye commit sin, and are 
convinced, of the law as transgres- 
sors. For whosoever shall keep the 
whole law, and yet offend in one 
point, he is guilty of all. For he 
that said, Do not commit adultery, 
said also, Do not kill. Now, if 
thou commit no adultery, yet if thou 
kill, thou art become a transgressor 
of the law. So speak ye, and so do, 
as they that shall be judged by the 
law of liberty. For he shall have 
judgment without mercy that hath 
showed no mercy; and mercy re- 
joiceth against judgment. 

4: 6. God resisteth the proud, but 
giveth grace to- the humble. — 10. 
Humble yourselves in the sight of 
the Lord, and he wil] lift you up. 



§ 2. BENEVOLENCE. 

Mat. 5: 7. Blessed are the mer- 
ciful : for they shall obtain mercy. 



Luke 16: 9. Make to yourselves 
friends of the mammon of unright- 
eousness ; that when ye fail, they 
j may receive you into everlasting 
! habitations. He that is faithful in 
that which is least, is faithful also 
in much ; and he that is unjust in 
the least, is unjust also in much. If 
therefore, ye have not been faithful 
in the unrighteous mammon, who 
will commit to your trust the true 
riches ? And if ye have not been 
faithful in that which is another 
man's, who shall give you that 
which is your own ? No servant 
can serve two masters: for either 
he will hate the one, and love the 
other ; or else he will hold to the 
one, and despise the other. Ye can- 
not serve God and mammon. 

Is a. 58: 10. And if thou draw out 
thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy 
the afflicted soul ; then shall thy light 
rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be 
as the noon-day: and the Lord shall 
guide thee continually, and satisfy 
thy soul in drought, and make fat 
thy bones: and thou shalt be like a 
watered garden, and like a spring of 
water, whose waters fail not. And 
they that shall be of thee shall build 
the old waste places: thou shalt raise 
up the foundations of many genera- 
tions ; and thou shalt be called, The 
repairer of the breach, The restorer 
of paths to dwell in. 

Rom. 15: 25. But now I go unto 
Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. 
For it hath pleased them of Mace- 
donia and Achaia to make a certain 
contribution for the poor saints which 
are at Jerusalem. It hath pleased 
them verily ; and their debtors they 
are. For if the Gentiles have been 
made partakers of their spiritual 
things, their duty is also to minister 
unto them in carnal things. When 
therefore I have performed this, and 
have sealed to them this fruit, I will 
come by you into Spain. And I am 
sure that when I come unto you, I 
shall come in the fullness of the bless- 
ing of the gospel of Christ. 

1F1 Cor. 16.1. Now concerning the 
collection for the saints, as I have 
given order to the churches of Ga- 
latia, even so do ye. Upon the first 
day of the week let every one of you 
lay by *him in store, as God hath 
prospered him, that there be no 
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I come, whomsoever ye shall ap- 
prove by your letters, them will I 
send to bring your liberality unto 
Jerusalem. And if it be meet that 
1 go also, they shall go with me. 

2 Co r. 8: 1, Moreover, brethren, 
w r e do you to wit of the grace of God 
bestowed on the churches of Mace- 
donia ; how that in a great trial of 
affliction, the abundance of their joy, 
and their deep poverty, abounded 
unto the riches of their liberality : 
for to their power, (I bear record,) 
yea, and beyond their power, they 
were willing of themselves ; pray- 
ing us with much entreaty, that we 
would receive the gift, and take up- 
on us the fellowship of the minister- 
ing to the saints. And this they did, 
not as we hoped, but first gave their 
own selves to the Lord, and unto us 
by the will of God : insomuch that 
we desired Titus, that as he had be- 
gun, so he would also finish in you, 
the same grace also. Therefore, as 
ye abound in every thing, in faith, 
and utterance, and knowledge, and 
in all diligence, and in your love to 
us, see that ye abound in this grace 
also : I speak not by commandment, 
but by occasion of the forwardness 
of others, and to prove* the sincerity 
of your love. For ye know the 
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that 
though he was rich, yet for your 
sakeshe became poor, that ye through 
his poverty might be rich: and here- 
in I give my advice. For this is ex- 
pedient for you, who have begun 
before, not only to do, but also to be 
forward a year ago. Now therefore 
perform the doing of it ; that as there 
was a readiness to will, so there may 
be a performance also out of that 
which ye have. For if there be first 
a willing mind, it is accepted ac- 
cording to that a man hath, and not 
according to that he hath not. For 
I mean not that other men be eased, 
and you burdened : but by an equal- 
ity, that now at this time your abun- 
dance may be a supply for their j 
want, that their abundance also may 
be a supply for your want : that 
there may be equality : as it is writ- i 
ten, He that had gathered much had 
nothing over ; and he that had gath- j 
ered little had no lack. — 20. Avoid- i 
ing this, that no man should blame 
us in this abundance which is ad- j 
ministered by us : providing for hon- j 
est things, not only in the sight of I 
22 



the Lord, but also in the sight of 
men. — 24. Wherefore show ye to 
them, and before the churches, the 
proof of your love, and of our boast- 
ing on your behalf. 

IT 9: 1. For as touching the minis- 
i termer to the saints, it is superflu- 
I ous for me to write to you : for I 
know the forwardness of your mind, 
for which I boast of you to them of 
Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a 
year ago ; and your zeal hath pro- 
voked very many. Yet have I sent 
the brethren, lest our boasting of you 
should be in vain in this behalf; 
that, as I said, ye may be ready: 
lest haply if they of Macedonia come 
with me, and find you unprepared, 
we (that we say not, ye) should be 
ashamed in this same confident boast- 
ing. Therefore I thought it neces- 
sary to exhort the brethren, that they 
would go before unto you, and make 
up beforehand your bounty, whereof 
ye had notice before, that the same 
might be ready, as a matter of boun- 
ty, and not as of covetousness. But 
this I say, He which soweth spar- 
ingly, shall reap also sparingly ; and 
he which soweth bountifully, shall 
reap also bountifully. Every man 
according as he purposeth in his 
heart, so let him give ; not grudg- 
ingly, or of necessity: 

For God lovetli a cheerful giver. 

And God is able to make all grace 
abound toward you ; that ye, always 
having all sufficiency in all things, 
may abound to every good work: as 
it is written, 

He hath dispersed abroad ; 
He hath given to the poor: 
His righteousness remaineth forever. 

Now, he that ministereth seed to 
the sower, both minister bread for 
your food, and multiply your seed 
sown, and increase the fruits of your 
righteousness ; being enriched in 
every thing to allbountifulness,which 
causeth through us thanksgiving to 
God. For the administration of this 
service not only supplieth the want 
of the saints, but is abundant also 
by many thanksgivings unto God ; 
while by the experiment of this min- 
istration they glorify God for your 
professed subjection to the gospel of 
Christ, and for your liberal distribu- 
tion unto them, and unto all men ; 
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long after you, for the exceed- 
ing grace of God in you. Thanks be 
unto God for his unspeakable gift. 

Gal. 2: 10. Only they would that 
we remember the poor ; the same 
which I also was forward to do. 

IT Phil. 2: 4. Look not every man 
on his own things ; but every man 
also on the things of others. 

1 Tim. 6: 17. Charge them that 
are rich in this world, that they be 
not high-minded, nor trust in uncer- 
tain riches, but in the living God, 
who giveth us richly all things to 
enjoy ; that they do good, that they 
be rich in good works, ready to dis- 
tribute, willing to communicate, lay- 
ing up in store for themselves a good 
foundation against the time to come, 
that they may lay hold on eternal 
life. 

Phil. 4: 10. But I rejoiced in the 
Lord greatly, that now at the last 
your care of me hath nourished 
again ; wherein ye were also care- 
ful, but ye lacked opportunity. Not 
that I speak in respect of want : for I 
have learned, in whatsoever state I 
am, therewith to be content. I know 
both how to be abased, and I know 
how to abound: everywhere and in 
all things I am instructed both to be 
full and to be hungry, both to abound 
and to suffer need: 1 can do all 
things through Christ which strength- 
eneth me. Notwithstanding, ye have 
well done that ye did communicate 
with my affliction. Now ye Philip- 
pians, know also, that in the begin- 
ning of the gospel, when I departed 
from Macedonia, no church commu- 
nicated with me as concerning giv- 
ing and receiving, but ye only: for 
even in Thessalonica ye sent once 
and again unto my necessity. Not 
because I desire a gift: but I desire 
fruit that may abound to your ac- 
count. But I have all, and abound: 
I am full, having received of Epaph- 
roditus the things which were sent 
from you, an odor of a sweet smell, 
a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing 
to God. But my God shall supply 
all your need according to his riches 
in glory by Christ Jesus. Now unto 
God and our Father be glory for- 
ever and ever! Amen. 

Heb.13:2. Be not forgetful to 
entertain strangers, for thereby some 
have entertained angels unawares. 
13 : 10. To do go©d, and to 



communicate, forget not: for, with 
such a sacrifice God is well pleas- 
ed. 

James 4:17. Therefore, to him 
that knoweth to do good and doth 
it not, to him it is sin. 

Deut. 14: 28. At the end of three 
years thou shalt bring forth all the 
tithe of thine increase the same year, 
and shalt lay it up within thy gates ; 
and the Levite, (because he hath no 
part nor inheritance with thee,) and 
the stranger, and the fatherless, and 
the widow, which are within thy 
gates, shall come, and shall eat and 
be satisfied ; that the Lord thy God 
may bless thee in all the work of 
thine hand which thou doest. 

IT 1 Pet. 4: 9. Use hospitality one 
toward another, without grudging. 
As every man hath received the gift, 
so minister the same one to another, 
as good stewards of the manifold 
grace of God. 

Luke 12: 13. And one of the 
company said unto him, Master, 
speak to my brother, that he divide 
the inheritance with me. And he 
said unto him, Man, who made me a 
judge, or a divider over you ? And 
he said unto them, Take heed, and 
beware of covetousness: for a man's 
life consisteth not in the abundance 
of the things which he possesseth. 
Ps. 10: 3. The wicked blesseth 
the covetous, whom the Lord abhor- 
reth. 

Isa. 57 : 17. For the iniquity of 
his covetousness was I wroth, and 
smote him. 

Jer. 6: 12. Their houses shall be 
turned unto others, with their fields. 
For from the least of them unto the 
greatest, every one is given to cov- 
etousness. 

Prov. 28 : 8. He that by usury and 
unjust gain increaseth his substance, 
he shall gather it for him who will 
pity the poor. 

Mi. 2:1. Woe unto them. ..they 
covet fields, and take them by vio- 
lence. 

Hab. 2: 9. Woe to him that cov- 
eteth an evil covetousness to his 
house, that he may set his nest on 
high. 

Mat. 7: 22. From within, out of 
the heart, proceed thefts, covetous- 
ness .... These defile the man. 
Eccl. 5: 10. He that loveth sil- 
ver shall not be satisfied with silver ; 



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neither he that loveth abundance, 
with increase. 

1 Tim. 6 : 9. They that will be 
rich fall into temptation and a snare, 
and into many foolish and deceitful 
lusts, which drown men in destruc- 
tion and perdition. For the love of 
money is the root of all evil, which, 
while some coveted after, they have 
erred from the faith, and pierced 
themselves through with many sor- 
rows. 

Eph. 5: 5. No covetous man hath 
any inheritance in the kingdom of 
Christ and of Gorl. 

1 Cor. 6: 9. Neither thieves, nor 
covetous . . . shall inherit the king- 
dom of God. 

5: 11. If any one that is called a 
brother, be . . . covetous, not to keep 
company with such an one, no not 
to eat. 

Eph. 5 : 3. Covetousness ... let it 
not be once named among you, as 
becometh saints. 

Heb. 13: 5. Let your conversation 
be without covetousness. 



§ 3. LOVE. 

I. Love to God. 

Deut. 10 : 12. And now, Israel, 
what doth the Lord thy God require ! 
of thee, but to fear the Lord thy 
God, to walk in all his ways, and to 
love him, and to serve the Lord thy 
God with all thy heart and with all 
thy soul, to keep the commandments 
of the Lord, and his statutes, which 
I command thee this day, for thy 
good ? 

30: 15. I have set before thee this 
day life and good ; death and evil ; 
in that I command thee to love the 
Lord thy God. 

Josh. 22 : 5. Take diligent heed 
to love the Lord your God. 

Ps. 91 : 14. Because he hath set 
his love upon me ; therefore will I 
deliver him and honor him. 

145 : 20. The Lord preserveth 
them that love him. 

Rom. 8: 23. All things work to- 
gether for good to them that love God. 

1 Cor. 2 : 9. Eye hath not seen, 
nor ear heard, neither have entered 
into the heart of man the things that 
God hath prepared for those that 
love him. 



Eph. 1:4. He hath chosen us in 
him (Christ) before the foundation 
of the world, that we should be holy, 
and without blame before him in 
love. 

Gal. 5 : 22. The fruit of the Spir- 
it is love. 

1 John 4 : 20. If a man say I love 
God, and hateth his brother, he is a 
liar ; for he that loveth not his broth- 
er whom he hath seen, how can he 
love God whom he hath not seen ? 
And this commandment have we 
from God, that he who loveth God 
love his brother also. 

Rom. 5 : 5. The love of God is 
shed abroad in our hearts by the 
Holy Ghost. 

Evidence of Love to God. 

1 John 2 : 5. Whoso keepeth 
God's word, in him verily is the love 
of God perfected. — 15. If any man 
love the world, the love of the Father 
is not in him. 

5 : 3. This is the love of God, that 
we keep his commandments. 

John 14: 15. If ye love me, keep 
my commandments. — 21. He that 
hath my commandments and keep- 
eth them, he it is that loveth me. — 
23. If a man love me, he will keep 
my words. 

1 John 4 : 20. If a man say, I 
love God, and hateth his brother, he 
is a liar ; for he that loveth not his 
brother whom he hath seen, how 
can he love God whom he hath not 
seen ? 

2:15. If any man love the world, 
the love of the Father is not in him. 

3: 17. Whoso hath this world's 
goods, and seeth his brother have 
need, and shutteth up his bowels of 
compassion from him, how dwelleth 
the love of God in him? 

Ps. 119: 97. O how I love thy 
law ; it is my meditation all the day. 
— 113. I love thy law. — 119. I love 
thy testimonies. — 127. I love thy 
commandments above gold, yea 
above fine gold. — 159. I love thy 
precepts. — 165. Great peace have 
they which love thy law. 

Jude 21. Keep yourselves in the 
love of God, looking for the mercy 
of the Lord Jesus Christ to eternal 
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II. Love to Christians. 

John 13 : 34. A new command- 
ment give I unto you, that ye love 
one another. As I have loved you, 
that ye also love one another. — 35. 
By this shall all men know that ye 
are my disciples, if ye have love 
one to another. 

Rom. 12:9. Let love be without 
dissimulation. 

Eph. 5: 2. Walk in love, as Christ 
hath loved us, and given himself 
for us. 

Phil. 1 : 9. I pray that your love 
may abound more and more. 

Heb. 10: 24. Let us consider one 
another, to provoke unto love, and 
to good works. 

13: 1. Let brotherly love continue. 

1 John 4: 20. If a man say I love 
God, and hateth his brother, he is a 
liar ; for he that loveth not his broth- 
er whom he hath seen, how can he 
love God whom he hath not seen ? 
And this commandment have we 
from God, that he who loveth God, 
love his brother also. 

1 Peter 1 : 22. See that ye love 
one another, with a pure heart fer- 
vently. 

2: 17. Love the brotherhood. 

3: 8. Love as brethren. 

1 John 2:10. He that loveth his 
brother abideth in the light, and 
there is none occasion of stumbling 
in him. 

3: 11. This is the message that ye 
have heard from the beginning, that 
we love one another. — 14. We 
know that we have passed from 
death unto life, because we love the 
brethren. — IS.. My little children, 
let us not love in word, neither in 
tongue, but in deed and in truth. 

4: 10. God loved us, and gave his 
Son to be the propitiation for our 
sins. — 11. Beloved, if God so loved 
us, we ought also to love one another. 
— 21. This commandment we have 
of God, that we love one another. 

Rom. 5: 8. God commendeth his 
love toward us, in that while we were 
yet sinners, Christ_died for us. 

8: 9. If any man have not the 
spirit of Christ he is none of his. 

12:10. Be kindly affectioned one 
to another with brotherly love. 

1 Thess.S: 12. The Lord make 
you to increase and abound in love, 



one toward another, and toward 
all men, even as we do toward you. 
1 Thess. 4: 9. But as touching 
brotherly love, ye need not that I 
write unto you : for ye yourselves 
are taught of God to love one anoth- 
er: and indeed ye do it toward all 
the brethren which are in all Mace- 
donia. But we beseech you, breth- 
ren, that ye increase more and more ; 
and that ye study to be quiet, and 
to do your own business, and to 
work with your own hands, as we 
commanded you ; that ye may walk 
honestly toward them that are with- 
out, and that ye may have lack of 
nothing. 

How cultivated. 

Heb. 10: 24. Let us provoke one 
another to love and to good works. 

Prov. 17: 9. He that covereth a 
trangression seeketh love. 

18:24. A man that hath friends 
must show himself friendly. 

1 John 4: 19. We love him be- 
cause he first loved us. 

Ps. 18:1. I will love thee, O Lord, 
my strength. The Lord is my rock 
and my fortress, and my deliverer. 
— 6. In my distress 1 called upon 
the Lord, and cried unto my God. 
He heard my voice out of his tem- 
ple. 

31 : 23. O love the Lord, all ye 
his saints ; for the Lord preserveth 
the faithful. 

Fruits of Love. 

Eph. 4: 2. Forbearing one anoth- 
er in love ; endeavoring to keep the 
unity of the Spirit in the bonds of 
peace. 

Phil. 2:2. Be like minded hav- 
ing the same love, being of one ac- 
cord, of one mind. 

Rom. 13:8. Owe no man any 
thing but to love one another. He 
that loveth another hath fulfilled the 
law. For this, thou shalt not com- 
mit adultery ; thou shalt not kill ; 
thou shalt not steal ; thou shalt not 
bear false witness ; thou shalt not 
covet j and if there be any other 
commandment, it is briefly compre- 
hended in this saying, Thou shalt 
love thy neighbor as thyself. Love 
worketh no ill to his neighbor ; 
therefore love is the fulfilling of the 
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Gal. 5: 13. By love serve one 
another. 

Eph. 4: 1. Walk worthy of the 
vocation wherewith ye are called ; 
with all lowliness and meekness, 
with long suffering, forbearing one 
another in love ; endeavoring to 
keep the unity of the spirit in the 
bond of peace. — 15. Speaking the 
truth in love. 

(See Evidences of Piety.) 

III. Love to all Men. 

Isa. 2: 3. For out of Zion shall 
go forth the law, and the word of 
the Lord from Jerusalem. And he 
shall judge among the nations, and 
shall rebuke many people. And 
they shall beat their swords into 
plow-shares, and their spears into 
pruning-hooks. Nation shall not 
lift up sword against nation, neither 
shall they learn war any more. 

1 Chron. 22: 6. Then he called 
for Solomon his son, and charged 
him to build an house for the Lord 
God of Israel. And David said to 
Solomon, My son, as for me, it was 
in my mind to build an house unto 
the name of the Lord my God: but 
the word of the Lord came to me, 
saying, Thou hast shed blood abun- 
dantly, and hast made great wars: 
thou shalt not build an house unto 
my name, because thou hast shed 
much blood upon the earth in my 
sight. Behold, a son shall be born 
to thee, v\ho shall be a man of rest; 
and I will give him rest from all his 
enemies round about: for his name 
shall be Solomon, and I will give 
peace and quietness unto Israel in 
his days. He shall build an house 
for my name; and he shall be my 
son, and I will be his father ; and I 
"will establish the throne of his king- 
dom over Israel forever. 

Mat. 5: 3S. Ye have heard that 
it hath been said, An eye for an eye, 
and a tooth for a tooth. But I say 
unto you, That ye resist not. evil: 
but whosoever shall smite thee on 
thy right cheek, turn to him the 
other also: and if any man will sue 
thee at the law, and take away thy 
coat, let him have thy cloak also. 
And whosoever shall compel thee to 
go a mile, go with him twain. Give 
to him that asketh thee ; and from 
him, that would borrow of thee, turn 
not thou away. Ye have heard that 



it hath been said, Thou shalt love 
thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. 
But I say unto you, Love your ene- 
mies, bless them that curse you, do 
good to them that hate you, and 
pray for them which despitefully 
use you, and persecute you ; that ye 
may be the children of your Father 
which is in heaven ; for he maketh 
his sun to rise on the evil and on 
the good, and sendeth rain on the 
just and on the unjust. For if ye 
love them which love you, what re- 
ward have ye? do not even the pub- 
licans the same? and if ye salute 
your brethren only, what do ye 
more than others? do not even the 
publicans so? Be ye therefore per- 
fect, even as your Father which is 
in heaven is perfect. 

If Mat. 5: 9. Blessed are the peace 
makers; for they shall be called the 
children of God. 

26: 51. And behold, one of them 
which were with Jesus, stretched 
out his hand, and drew his sword, 
and struck a servant of the high 
priest, and smote oft his ear. Then 
said Jesus unto him, Put up again 
thy sword into his place: for all 
they that take the sword, shall per- 
ish with the sword. 

Gen. 45: 4. And Joseph said unto 
his brethren, Come near to me, I 
pray you. And they came near. 
And he said, I am Joseph your 
brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 
Now therefore be not grieved, nor 
angry with yourselves, that ye sold 
me hither: for God did send me be- 
fore you to preserve life. 

Rom. 12: 14. Bless them which 
persecute you; bless, and curse not. 
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, 
and weep with them that weep. Be 
of the same mind one toward an- 
other. Mind not high things, but 
condescend to men of low estate. 
Be not wise in your own conceits. 
Recompense to no man evil for evil. 
Provide things honest in the sight 
of all men. If it be possible, as 
much as lieth in you, live peaceably 
with all men. Dearly beloved, 
avenge not yourselves, but rather 
give place unto wrath : for it is 
written, 

Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saitli the Lord. 
JJeut. 32: 35. 

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II. 



drink: for in so doing thou shalt 
heap coals of fire on his head. Be 
not overcome of evil, but overcome 
evil with good. 

IV. Passions and Practices by which 
the Law of Love is violated. 

1 Cor. 14: 20. In malice be ye 
children; but in understanding be 
men. 

Eph.4: 31. Let all bitterness, and 
wrath, and anger, and clamor, and 
evil speaking, be put away from 
you, with all malice. 

Col. 3: 8. Putoff all these; anger, 
wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy 
communication out of your mouth. 

Titus 3: 3. For we ourselves al- 
so, were sometimes foolish, disobe- 
dient, deceived, serving diverse 
lusts and pleasures, living in malice 
and envy, hateful and hating one 
another. 

Ps. 37: 8. Cease from anger, and 
forsake wrath; fret not thyself in 
any wise to do evil. 

Prov. 14: 17. He that is soon 
angry is foolish; and a man of wick- 
ed devices is hated. 

15: 1. A soft answer turneth 
away wrath; but grievous words 
stir up anger. — 18. A wrathful man 
stirreth up strife; but he that is slow 
to anger appeaseth strife. 

16: 32. He that is slow to anger 
is better than the mighty; and he 
that ruleth his spirit than he that 
taketh a city. 

21: 14. A gift in secret pacifieth 
anger, and a reward in the bosom, 
strong wrath. 

27: 4. Wrath is cruel and anger 
outrageous; but who is able to stand 
before envy? 

29: 22. An angry man stirreth up 
strife, and a furious man aboundeth 
in transgression. 

14: 29. He that is slow to wrath 
is of great understanding; but he 
that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. 

19: 19. A man of great wrath, 
shall suffer punishment. 

Mat. 5: 22. Whosoever is angry 
with his brother without cause, shall 
be in danger of the jilclgment. 

Rom. 12: 19. Avenge not your- 
selves, but rather give place unto 
wrath. 

Eph. 4: 26. Be ye angry and sin 
not; let not the sun go down upon 
your wrath. 



John 7: 23. Are ye angry at me, 
because I have made a man every 
whit whole on the sabbath day? 

IT Prov. 23 : 17. Let not thy heart 
envy sinners; but be thou in the 
fear of the Lord, all the day long. 

Rom. IS: 13. Let us walk honest- 
ly, not in strife and envyings. 

2 Cor. 12:20. I fear ... lest there 
be envying amongst you. 

Gal. 5: 26. Let us not be desirous 
of vain glory, provoking one an- 
other. 

1 Peter 2: 1. Laying aside all 
malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, 
and envies, and all evil speakings; as 
new-born babes, desire the sincere 
milk of the word, that ye may grow 
thereby. 

Mat. 27: 18. He knew that for 
envy they had delivered him. 

Acts 5: 17. The Jews filled with 
indignation laid their hands on the 
apostles, and put them in the com- 
mon prison. 

7: 9. The patriarchs moved with 
envy sold Joseph into Egypt. 

James 4: 5. The spirit that dwell- 
eth in us lusteth to envy. 

Lev. 19: 17. Thou shalt not hate 
thy brother in thy heart. 

Ps. 34: 21. Evil shall slay the 
wicked, and they that hate the right- 
eous shall be desolate. 

Amos 5: 10. They hate him that 
rebuketh in the gate; they abhor him 
that speaketh uprightly. 

John 7: 7. The world hateth me, 
because I testify of it, that the works 
thereof are evil. 

15: 18. If the world hate you, ye 
know that it hated me before it 
hated you. If ye were of the 
world, the world would love his 
own ; but because ye are not of the 
world, but I have chosen you out of 
the world, therefore the world ha- 
teth you. 

1 John 2: 9. He that hateth his 
brother is in darkness. 

3: 15. Whosoever hateth his 
brother is a murderer. 

4: 20. If a man say, I love God 
and hateth his brother, he is a liar. 

1 Sam. 18: 8. And Saul was very 
wroth, and the saying displeased 
him; and he said, They have as- 
cribed unto David ten thousands, 
and to me they have ascribed but 
thousands: and what can he have 
more but the kingdom? And Saul 



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eyed David from that day and for- 
ward. 

Rom. 6: 31. What fruit had ye 
thou in those things whereof ye are 
ashamed? 

IT James 4: 1. Whence come wars 
and fightings among you? Come 
they not hence even of your lusts, 
that war in your members? 

Prov. 26: 21. As coals are to 
burning coals, so is a contentious 
man to kindle strife. 

1 Sam. 22: 9. Then answered Doeg 
the Edornite, which was set over 
the servants of Saul, and said, I saw 
the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to 
Ahimelech,the son of Ahitub. And 
he inquired of the Lord for him, 
and gave him victuals, and gave him 
the sword of Goliath the Philistine. 
Then the king sent to call Ahime- 
lech the priest, the son of Ahitub, 
and all his father's house, the priests 
that were in Nob: and they came all 
of them to the king. And Saul said, 
Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And 
he answered, Here I am, my lord. 
And Saul said unto him, Why have 
ye conspired against me, thou and 
the son of Jesse, in that thou hast 
given him bread, and a sword, and 
hast inquired of God for him, that 
he should rise against me, to lie in 
wait, as at this day? Then Ahime- 
lech answered the king, and said, 
And who is so faithful among all thy 
servants as David, which is the 
king's son-in-law, and goeth at thy 
bidding, and is honorable in thine 
house? Did I then begin to inquire 
of God for him? be it far from me: 
let not the king impute any thing 
unto his servant, nor to all the house 
of my father : for thy servant knew 
nothing of all this, less or more. 
And the king said, Thou shalt surely 
die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy 
father's house. And the king said 
unto the footmen that stood about 
him, Turn, and slay the priests of 
the Lord; because their hand also 
is with David, and because they 
knew when he fled, and did not 
show it to me. But the servants of 
the king would not put forth their 
hand to fall upon the priests of the 
Lord. And the king said to Doeg, 
Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. 
And Doeg the Edornite turned, 
and he fell upon the priests, and 
slew on that day fourscore-and-five 



persons that did wear a linen ephod. 
And Nob, the city of the priests, 
smote he with the edge of the sword, 
both men and women, children and 
sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and 
sheep, with the edge of the sword. 



§ 4. CHARITY. 

1 Cor. 13: 1. Though I speak 
with the tongues of men and of 
angels, and have not charity, I am 
become as sounding brass, or a 
tinkling cymbal. And though I 
have the gift of prophecy, and un- 
derstand all mysteries, and all know- 
ledge ; and though I have all faith, 
so that I could remove mountains, 
and have not charity, I am nothing. 
And though I bestow all my goods 
to feed the poor, and though 1 give 
my body to be burned, and have not 
charity, it profiteth me nothing. 
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; 
charity envieth not; charity vaunt- 
eth not itself, is not puffed up, doth 
not behave itself unseemly, seeketh 
not her own, is not easily provoked, 
thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in 
iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth, 
beareth all things, believeth all 
things, hopeth all things, endureth 
all things. Charify never faileth: 
but whether there be prophecies, 
they shall fail; whether there be 
tongues, they shall cease; whether 
there be knowledge, it shall vanish 
away. For we know in part, and 
we prophesy in part. But when 
that which is perfect is come, then 
that which is in part shall be done 
away. When I was a child, I spake 
as a child, I understood as a child, 
I thought as a child : but when I be- 
came a man, I put away childish 
things. For now we see through a 
glass darkly; but then face to face: 
now I know in part : but then shall 
I know even as also I am known. 
And now abideth faith, hope, chari- 
ty, these three ; but the greatest of 
these is charity. 

16: 14. Let all things be done 
w 7 ith charity. 

Col. 3: 14. Above all these things 
put on charity, which is the bond of 
perfectness: and let the peace of 
God rule in your hearts. 

1 Tim. 1 : 5. Now the end of the 
commandment is charity out of a 



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P. II. 



pure heart, and of a good conscience, 
and of faith unfeigned: from which 
some having swerved have turned 
aside unto vain jangling, desiring 
to be teachers of the law, under- 
standing neither what they say, nor 
whereof they affirm. 

2 Thess. 1: S. We are bound to 
thank God always for you, brethren, 
as it is meet, because your faith 
groweth exceedingly, and the char- 
ity of every one of you all toward 
each other aboundeth. 

1 Tim. 4: 12. Be thou an exam- 
ple of the believers in . . . charity. 

2 Tim. 2: 22. Follow righteous- 
ness, faith, charity, peace with them 
that call on the Lord out of a pure 
heart. 

3: 10. Thou hast fully known my 
long-suffering, charity, patience. 

1 Peter 4: 8. Above all things, 
have fervent charity among your- 
selves; for charity shall cover the 
multitude of sins. 

2 Peter 1: 7. Add to godliness 
brotherly kindness, and to brotherly 
kindness, charity. 

3 John 5. Beloved, thou dost 
faithfully whatsoever thou dost, to 
the brethren and to strangers, Avhich 
have borne witness of thy charity 
before the church. 



§ 5. deadness to the world. 

I. To its Riches. 

Mat. 6:19. Lay not up for your- 
selves treasures upon earth, where 
moth and rust doth corrupt, and 
where thieves break through and 
steal; but lay up for yourselves treas- 
ures in heaven, where neither moth 
nor rust doth corrupt, and where 
thieves do not break through nor 
steal. For where your treasure is, 
there will your heart be also. The 
light of the body is the eye. If 
therefore thine eye be single, thy 
whole body shall be full of light. 
But if thine eye be-evil, thy whole 
body shall be full of darkness. If 
therefore the light that is in thee be 
darkness, how great is that dark- 
ness ! No man can serve two mas- 
ters: for either he will hate the one, 
and love the other; or else he will 
hold to the one, and despise the 



other. Ye cannot serve God and 
mammon. 

Luke 12: 15. Take heed and be- 
ware of covetousness; for a man's 
life consisteth not in the abundance 
of the things which he possesseth. 
...The ground of a certain rich 
man brought forth plentifully; and 
he thought within himself, saying, 
What shall I do?... I will say to 
my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods 
laid up for many years; take thine 
ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But 
God said unto him, Thou fool! this 
night thy soul shall be required of 
thee; then whose shall those things 
be, which thou hast provided? So 
is he that layeth up treasure for 
himself, and is not rich towards 
God. 

12: 22. And he said unto his 
disciples, Therefore I say unto you, 
Take no thought for your life, what 
ye shall eat ; neither for the body, 
what ye shall put on. The life is 
more than meat, and the body is 
more than raiment. Consider the 
ravens: for they neither sow nor 
reap : which neither have storehouse, 
nor barn ; and God feedeth them. 
How much more are ye better than 
the fowls? And which of you with 
taking thought can add to his stat- 
ure one cubit ? If ye then be not able 
to do that thing which is least, why 
take ye thought for the rest? Con- 
sider the lilies how they grow: they 
toil not, they spin not; and yet I say 
unto you, That Solomon in all his 
glory was not arrayed like one of 
these. If then God so clothe the 
grass, which is to-day in the field, 
and to-morrow is cast into the oven ; 
how much more will he clothe you, 
ye of little faith ! And seek not ye 
what ye shall eat, or what ye shall 
drink, neither be ye of doubtful 
mind. For all these things do the 
nations of the world seek after: and 
your Father knoweth that ye have 
need of these things. But rather seek 
ye the kingdom of God, and all these 
things shall be added unto you. Fear 
not, little flock ; for it is your Fath- 
er's good pleasure to give you the 
kingdom. Sell that ye have, and 
give alms: provide yourselves bags 
which wax not old, a treasure in the 
heavens that faileth not, where no 
thief approacheth, neither moth cor- 
rupted. For where your treasure 
is, there will your heart be also. 



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16: 14. And the Pharisees also, 
who were covetous, heard all these 
things, and they derided him. And 
he said unto them, Ye are they 
which justify yourselves before men ; 
but God knovveth your hearts : for 
that which is highly esteemed among 
men, is abomination in the sight of 
God. 

Acts 4: 32. And the multitude of 
them that believed were of one heart, 
and of one soul; neither said any of 
them that aught of the things which 
he possessed was his own ; but they 
had all things common. And with 
great power gave the Apostles wit- 
ness of the resurrection of the Lord 
Jesus: and great grace was upon 
them all. Neither was there any 
among them that lacked : for as 
many as were possessors of lands, 
or houses, sold them, and brought 
the prices of the things that were 
sold, and laid them down at the 
Apostles' feet: and distribution was 
made unto every man according as 
he had need. 

James 5: 1. Go to now, ye rich 
men, weep and howl for your mise- 
ries that shall come upon you. Your 
riches are corrupted, and your gar- 
ments are moth-eaten. Your gold 
and silver is cankered ; and the rust 
of them shall be a witness against 
you, and shall eat your flesh as it 
were fire. Ye have heaped treasure 
together for the last days. Behold, 
the hire of the laborers who have 
reaped down your fields, which is of < 
you kept back by fraud, crieth ; I 
and the cries of them which have j 
reaped are entered into the ears of 
the Lord of Sabaoth. Ye have lived 
in pleasure on the earth, and been 
wanton ; ye have nourished your 
hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ye 
have condemned and killed the just: 
and he doth not resist you. 

Heb. 13: 5. Let your conversation 
be without covetousness ; and be 
content with such things as ye have: 
for he hath said, 

I will never leave thee > nor forsake thee : 

so that we may boldly say, 

The Lord is my helper, 
And 1 will not fear what man shall do unto me. 

1T1John2:14. I have written unto 

you, young men, because ye are 

strong, and the word of God abideth 

in you, and ye have overcome the 

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wicked One. Love not the world, 
neither the things that are in the 
world. If any man love the world, 
the love of the Father is not in him. 
For all that is in the world, the lust 
of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, 
and the pride of life, is not of. the 
Father, but is of the world. And 
the world passeth away, and the 
lust thereof: but he that doeth the 
will of God abideth forever. 



II. 



Deadness to worldly Honors and 
Distinctions. 



1 Cor 4: 3. With me, it is a very 
small thing, that I should be judged 
of you, or of man's judgment. 

Ps. 49: 12. Man, being in honor, 
abideth not. 

John 5: 41. I receive not honor 
from men. 

Luke 2: 7. She laid him in a 
manger, because there was no room 
for them in the inn. 

Mat. 21 : 5. Tell ye the daughter 
of Zion, Behold thy 'king cometh, 
unto thee meek,a*rd sitting upon an 
ass, and a colt, the foal of an ass. 

8: 20. The Son of man hath not 
where to lay his head. 

2 Tim. 2: 4. No man that war^ 
reth entangleth himself with the 
affairs Of this life; that he may please 
him who hath chosen him to he a 
soldier. And if a man also strive 
for the mastery, yet is he not crown- 
ed, except he strive lawfully. 

Jer. 45: 5. Seekest thou great 
things for thyself? Seek them not. 

Mat. 23: 12. He that exalteth 
himself shall be abased. 

Deut. 8: 11. Beware that thy 
heart be not lifted up, and thou for- 
get the Lord thy God. 

II L Deadness to its Pleasures. 

Heb. 11: 24. By faith, Moses, 
when he was come to years, refused 
to be called the son of Pharaoh's- 
daughter, choosing rather to suffer 
affliction with the people of God, 
than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for 
a season. 

Prov. 21: 17. He that lovetb 
pleasure shall be a poor man. 

1 Tim. 5: 6. She that liveth irr 
pleasure is dead while she liveth. 

Luke 12: 16. The ground of a 
certain rich man brought forth plen- 
tifully: and he thought within him- 



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self, saying, What shall I do, be- 
cause 1 have no room where to be- 
stow my fruits? And he said, This 
will I do: 1 will pulldown my Darns, 
and build greater; and there will 1 
bestow all my fruits and my goods: 
and 1 will say to my soul, Soul, thou 
hast much goods laid up for many 
years; take thine ease, eat, drink, 
and be merry. But God said unto 
him, Thou fool ! this night thy soul 
shall be required of thee : then whose 
shall those things be which thou 
hast provided? So is he that layeth 
up treasure for himself, and is not 
rich toward God. 

James 5: 5. Ye have lived in 
pleasure on the earth, and been 
wanton ; ye have nourished your 
hearts, as in a day of slaughter . . . 
be patient, therefore, brethren, unto 
the coming of the Lord. 

Luke 16: 19. There was a certain 
rich man, which was clothed in pur- 
ple and fine linen, and fared sump- 
tuously every day; and there was a 
certain beggar, named Lazarus, 
which was laid at his gate full of 
sores; and desiring to be fed with 
the crumbs, which fell from the rich 

man's table The beggar died, and 

was carried by angels into Abra- 
ham's bosom: the rich man also 
died, and was buried; and in hell he 
lifted up his eyes, being in torments, 
and seeth Abraham afar off, and 
Lazarus in his bosom. 



§ 6. SOLICITUDE FOR THE WELFARE 
OF THE CHURCH AND SALVATION 
OF SINNERS. 

Isa. 22: 4. I will weep bitterly, 
labor not to comfort me, because of 
the spoiling of the daughter of my 
people. For it is a day of trouble, 
and of treading down, and of per- 
plexity by the Lord God of hosts in 
the valley of vision, breaking down 
the walls, and of crying to the moun- 
tains. 

64: 1. that thou wouldst rend 
the heavens, that thou wouldst come 
down, that the mountains might flow 
down at thy presence. — 10. Thy 
holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is 
a wilderness, Jerusalem a desola- 
tion. Our holy and our beautiful 
house, where our fathers worshipped 
thee, is burned with fire, and all our 



pleasant places are laid waste. Wilt 
thou refrain thyself for these things, 

Lord: wilt thou hold thy peace 
and be wroth very sore? 

Neh. I: 3. They said unto me, 
The remnant, that are left of the 
captivity there in the province, are 
in great affliction and reproach: the 
wall of Jerusalem also is broken 
down, and the gates thereof are 
burnt with fire. And it came to 
pass, when I heard these words, that 

1 sat down and wept, and mourned 
certain days, and fasted and prayed 
before the God of heaven. 

Jer. 8: 18. When I would com- 
fort myself against sorrow, my heart 
is faint in me. Behold the voice of 
the cry of the daughter of my peo- 
ple, because of them that dwell in a 
far country: is not the Lord in Zi- 
on? is not her king in her? Why have 
they provoked me to anger with 
their graven images, and with 
strange vanities ? The harvest is 
past, the summer is ended, and we 
are not saved. For the hurt of the 
daughter of my people am I hurt; I 
am black; astonishment hath taken 
hold on me. Is there no balm in 
Gilead? is there no physician there? 
Why then is not the health of the 
daughter of my people recovered? 

IT 9: 1. Oh that my head were wa- 
ters, and mine eyes a fountain of 
tears, that I might weep day and 
night for the slain of the daughter of 
my people! Oh that I had in the 
wilderness a lodging-place of way- 
faring men; that I might leave my 
people, and go from them! for they 
be all adulterers, an assembly of 
treacherous men. And they bend 
their tongues like their bow for lies: 
but they are not valiant for the truth 
upon the earth. 

13: 17. If ye will not hear, my 
soul shall weep in secret places for 
your pride, and mine eyes shall weep 
sore, and run down with tears, be- 
cause the Lord's flock is carried 
away captive. 

Lam. 1 : 1. How doth the city sit 
solitary, that was full of people ! how 
is she become as a widow ! she that 
was great among the nations, and 
princess among the provinces, how 
is she become tributary! Sheweep- 
eth sore in the night, and her tears 
are on her cheeks: among all her 
lovers she hath none to comfort her: 



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all her friends have dealt treacher- 
ously with her, they are become her 
enemies. Judah is gone into cap- 
tivity because of affliction, and be- 
cause of great servitude: she dwell- 
eth among the heathen, she findeth 
no rest: all her persecutors overtook 
her between the straits. The ways 
of Zion do mourn, because none 
come to the solemn feasts: all her 
gates are desolate: her priests sigh, 
her virgins are afflicted, and she is 
in bitterness. Her adversaries are 
the chief, her enemies prosper; for 
the Lord hath afflicted her for the 
multitude of her transgressions: her 
children are gone into captivity be- 
fore the enemy. And from the 
daughter of Zion all her beauty is 
departed : her princes are become 
like harts that find no pasture, and 
they are gone without strength be- 
fore the pursuer. Jerusalem re- 
membered in the days of her afflic- 
tion and of her miseries all her pleas- 
ant things, that she had in the days 
of old, when her people fell into the 
hand of the enemy, and none did 
help her : the adversaries saw her, 
and did mock at her sabbaths. Je- 
rusalem hath grievously sinned; 
therefore she is removed: all that 
honored her despise her, because 
they have seen her nakedness: yea, 
she sigheth, and turneth backward. 
Her fil thin ess is in her skirts; she re- 
membereth not her last end; there- 
fore she came down wonderfully: 
she had no comforter. O Lord, be- 
hold my affliction: for the enemy 
hath magnified himself. The ad- 
versary hath spread out his hand 
upon all her pleasant things: for she 
hath seen that the heathen entered 
into her sanctuary, whom thou didst 
command that they should not enter 
into thy congregation. All her peo- 
ple sigh, they seek bread; they have 
given their pleasant things for meat, 
to relieve the soul: see, Lord, 
and consider; for I am become vile. 

nTsitnothingtoyou, all ye that pass 
by? behold, and see if there be any 
sorrow like unto my sorrow, which 
is done unto me, wherewith the 
Lord hath afflicted me in the day of 
his fierce anger. From above hath 
he sent fire into my bones, and it 
prevaileth against them: he hath 
spread a net for my feet, he hath 
turned me back: he hath made me 



desolate and faint all the day. The 
yoke of my transgressions is bound 
by his hand: they are wreathed, and 
come up upon my neck: he halh 
made my strength to fall, the Lord 
hath delivered me into their hands, 
from whom lam not able to rise up. 
The Lord hath trodden under foot 
all my mighty men in the midst of 
me ; he hath called an assembly 
against me to crush my young men: 
the Lord hath trodden the virgin, 
the daughter of Judah, as in a wine- 
press. For these things I weep: 
mine eye, mine eye runneth down 
with water, because the comforter 
that should relieve my soul is far 
from me: my children are desolate, 
because the enemy prevailed. Zion 
spreadeth forth her hands, and there 
is none to comfort her: the Lord 
hath commanded concerning Jacob, 
that his adversaries should be round 
about him: Jerusalem is as a rnen- 
struous woman among them. The 
Lord is righteous; for I have rebel- 
led against his commandment: hear, 
I pray you, all people; and behold 
my sorrow : my virgins and my 
young men are gone into captivity. 
I called for my lovers, but they de- 
ceived me: my priests and mine el- 
ders gave up the ghost in the city, 
while they sought their meat to re- 
lieve their souls. Behold, Lord; 
for I am in distress: my bowels are 
troubled; mine heart is turned within 
me; for I have grievously rebelled: 
abroad the sword bereaveth,at home 
there is as death. They have heard 
that I sigh : there is none to comfort 
me: all mine enemies have heard of 
my trouble; they are glad that thou 
hast done it: thou wilt bring the day 
that thou hast called, and they shall 
be like unto me. Let all their wick- 
edness come before thee; and do un- 
to them, as thou hast done unto me 
for all my transgressions: for my 
sighs are many, and my heart is 
faint. 

1T 3: 44. Thou hast covered thy- 
self with a cloud, that our prayer 
should not pass through. Thou hast 
made us as the offscouring and re- 
fuse in the midst of the people. All 
our enemies have opened their 
mouths against us. Fear and a 
snare is come upon us, desolation 
and destruction. Mine eye runneth 
down with rivers of water for the 



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[P. II. 



destruction of the daughter of my 
people. Mine eye trickleth down, 
and ceaseth not, without any inter- 
mission, till the Lord look down, 
and behold from heaven. Mine eye 
affectefh mine heart because of all 
the daughters of my city. 

Mat. 23: 87. Jerusalem, Jeru- 
salem! Thou that killest the proph- 
ets, and stonest them that are sent 
unto thee ; how often would I have 
gathered thy children together . . . 
and ye would not. 

Rom. 9:1. I say the truth in Christ, 
I lie not, (my conscience also bear- 
ing me witness in the Holy Ghost,) 
that I have great heaviness and con- 
tinual sorrow in my heart. For I 
could wish that myself were accursed 
from Christ, for my brethren, my 
kinsmen according to the flesh : who 
are Israelites ; to whom pertaineth 
the adoption, and the glory, and the 
covenants, and the giving of the law, 
and the service of God, and the 
promises ; whose are the fathers, 
and of whom, as concerning the 
flesh, Christ came ; who is over 
all, God blessed forever ! Amen. 
Not as though the word of God hath 
taken none effect. For they are not 
all Israel, which are of Israel. 

10: 1. Brethren, my heart's desire, 
and prayer to God for Israel is, that 
they may be saved. 



§ 7. PRATER AND DEVOTION. 

I. The Duty. 

Gen. 4: 26. Then began men to 
,eall on the name of the Lord. 

24: 12. And he said, Lord God 
of my master Abraham, I pray thee, 
send me good speed this day, and 
show kindness unto my master Abra- 
ham. 

Dan. 6: 10. Now when Daniel 
knew that the writing was signed, he 
went into his house ; and his win- 
dows being open in his chamber to- 
ward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon 
his knees three times a day, and 
prayed and gave thanks before his 
God, as he did aforetime. Then 
these men assembled, and found 
Daniel praying, and making suppli- 
cation before his God. 

Hos. 14:1. O Israel, return unto 
{the Lord thy God ; for thou hast 



fallen by thine iniquity. Take' with 
you words, and turn to the Lord: 
say unto him, Take away all iniqui- 
ty, and receive us graciou.-ly : so will 
we render the calves of our lips. 

Joel 2: 12. Therefore also now, 
saith the Lord, turn ye even to me 
with all your heart, and with fasting, 
and with weeping, and with mourn- 
ing : and rend your heart, and not your 
garments, and turn unto the Lord 
your God: for he is gracious and mer- 
ciful, slow to anger, and of great kind- 
ness, and repenteth him of the evil. 
Who knoweth if he will return and 
repent, and leave a blessing behind 
him, even a meat-offering and a 
drink-offering unto the Lord your 
God ? Blow the trumpet in Zion, 
sanctify a fast, call a solemn assem- 
bly : gather the people, sanctify the 
congregation, assemble the elders, 
gather the children, and those that 
suck the breasts: let the bridegroom 
go forth of his chamber, and the 
bride out of her closet. Let the 
priests, the ministers of the Lord, 
weep between the porch and the al- 
tar, and let them say, Spare thy peo- 
ple, O Lord, and give not thine her- 
itage to reproach, that the heathen 
should rule over them : wherefore 
should they say among the people, 
Where is their God ? then will the 
Lord be jealous for his land, and 
pity his people. 

1T Mat. 6 : 5. And when thou pray- 
est, thou shalt not be as the hypo- 
crites are : for they love to pray, 
standing in the synagogues, and in 
the corners of the streets, that they 
may be seen of men. Verily I say 
unto you, they have their reward. 
But thou, when thou prayest, enter 
into thy closet, and when thou hast 
shut thy door, pray to thy Father 
which is in secret: and thy Father, 
which seeth in secret, shall reward 
Pthee openly. But when ye pray, use 
; not vain repetitions, as the heathen 
i do: for they think that they shall be 
heard for their much speaking. Be 
not ye therefore like unto them ; 
for your Father knoweth what things 
ye have need of before ye ask him. 
After this manner therefore, pray ye: 
Our Father which art in heaven, 
hallowed be thy name. Thy king- 
dom come. Thy will be done in 
earth as it is in heaven. Give us this 
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our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 
And lead us not into temptation, but 
deliver us from evil For thine is the 
kingdom, and the power, and the 
glory, forever. Amen. 

2t> : 36. Then cometh Jesus 
with them unto a place called Geth- 
semane, and saith unto the disciples, 
Sit ye here, while I go and pray yon- 
der. And he took with him Peter, 
and the two sons of Zebedee, and 
began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 
Then saith he unto them, My soul 
is exceeding sorrowful, even unto 
death: tarry ye here, and watch with 
me. And he went a little further, and 
fell on his face, and prayed, saying, 
my Father, if it be possible, let this 
cup pass from me: nevertheless, not 
as I will, but as thou wilt. And he 
cometh unto the disciples, and find- 
eth them asleep, and saith unto Pe- 
ter, What! could ye not watch with 
me one hour ? Watch and pray, 
that ye enter not into temptation: 
the spirit indeed is willing, but the 
flesh is weak. He went away again 
the second time, and prayed, saying, 
O my Father, if this cup may not 
pass away from me, except I drink 
it, thy will be done. And he came 
and found them asleep again : for 
their eyes were heavy. And he left 
them, and went away again, and 
prayed the third time, saying the 
same words. Then cometh he to his 
disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep 
on now, and take your rest ; behold 
the hour is at hand, and the Son of 
man is betrayed into the hands of 
sinners. Rise, let us be going: be- 
hold, he is at hand that doth betray 
me. 

IT Luke 6: 12. And it came to pass 
in those days that he went out into 
a mountain to pray, and contined all 
night in prayer to God. 

9: 28. He took Peter, and James, 
and John, and went up into a moun- 
tain to pray. And as he prayed, the 
fashion of his countenance was al- 
tered, and his raiment was white 
and glistening. 

18: 9. And he spake this parable 
unto certain which trusted in them- 
selves that they were righteous, and 
despised others: Two men went up 
into the temple to pray ; the one a 
Pharisee, and the other a publican. 
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus 
with himself; God, I thank thee that 



I am not as other men are, extortion- 
ers, unjust, adulterers, or even as 
this publican. I fast twice in the 
week, I give tithes of all that I pos- 
sess. And the publican, standing afar 
off", would not lift up so much as his 
eyes unto heaven, but smote upon 
his breast, saying, God be merciful 
to me a sinner! 1 tell you, this man 
went down to his house, justified 
rather than the other ; for every one 
that exalteth himself shall be abased ; 
and he that humbleth himself shall 
be exalted. 

Acts 3:1. Now Peter and John 
went up together into the temple, 
at the hour of prayer, being the ninth 
hour. 

Rom. 1 : 9. For God is my witness, 
whom I serve with my spirit in the 
gospel of his Son, that without ceas- 
ing I make mention of you always 
in my prayers ; making request, if 
by any means now at length I might 
have a prosperous journey by the 
will of God to come unto you. 

Eph. 6: 18. Praying always, with 
all prayer and supplication in the 
Spirit, and watching thereunto with 
all perseverance and supplication for 
all saints ; and for me, that utterance 
may be given unto me, that I may 
open my mouth boldly to make 
known the mystery of the gospel. 

Col. 4: 2. Continue in prayer, 
and watch in the same with thanks- 
giving ; withal praying also for us, 
that God would open unto us a door 
of utterance, to speak the mystery 
of Christ, for which I am also in 
bonds: that 1 may make it manifest, 
as I ought to speak. 

1T 1 Tim. 2:1.1 exhort therefore, 
that first of all, supplications, prayers, 
intercessions, and giving of thanks 
be made for all men : for kings, and 
for all that are in authority ; that we 
may lead a quiet and peaceable life 
in all godliness and honesty. For 
this is good and acceptable in the 
sight of God our Savior, who will 
have all men to be saved, and to 
come unto the knowledge of the 
truth. For there is one God, and one 
mediator between God and men, the 
man Christ Jesus, who gave himself 
a ransom for all, to be testified in 
due time. Whereunto I am ordained 
a preacher and an Apostle, (1 speak 
the truth in Christ, and lie not,) a 
teacher of the Gentiles in faith and 



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[*• 



verity. I will therefore that men 
pray everywhere, lifting up holy 
hands, without wrath and doubting. 
James 5: 13. Is any among you 
afflicted, let him pray. Is any merry ? 
let him sing Psalms. Is any sick 



among you 



? let him call for the 



elders of the church ; and let them 
pray over him . . . And the prayer 
of faith shall save the sick ; and the 
Lord shall raise him up ; and if he ' 
have committed sins, they shall be 
forgiven him. Confess your faults 
one to another, and pray one for 
another, that ye may be healed. 

Acts 6: 4. We will give ourselves 
continually to prayer. 

Rev. 5: 8. The four and twenty 
elders fell down before the Lamb, 
having . . . golden vials full of odors, 
which are the prayers of the saints. 

1 Thess. 5: 17. Pray without 
ceasing. 

Heb. 4:16. Let us come boldly 
unto the throne of grace, that we 
may obtain mercy, and find grace to 
help in every time of need. 

II. Address in Prayer. 

Mat. 6: 9. Our Father which 
art in heaven. 

Isa. 63 : 15. Look down from 
heaven, and behold, from the habi- 
tation of thy holiness and of thy glo- 
ry : where is thy zeal and thy 
strength, the sounding of thy bowels 
and of thy mercies toward me ? are 
they restrained ? doubtless thou art 
our father, though Abraham be igno- 
rant of us, and Israel acknowledge 
us not : thou, O Lord, art our fa- 
ther, our redeemer ; thy name is 
from everlasting. 

1 Cm ron. 29: 10. Wherefore Da- 
vid blessed the Lord before all the 
congregation : and David said Bless- 
ed be thou, Lord God of Israel, our 
father, forever and ever. Thine, O 
Lord, is the greatness, aud the pow- 
er, and the glory, and the victory, 
and the majesty: for all that is in 
the heaven and in the earth is thine ; 
thine is the kingdom, Lord, and 
thou art exalted as head above all. 

Neh. 9: 5. Blessed be thy glo- 
rious name, which is exalted above 
all blessing and praise. Thou, even 
thou, art Lord alone : thou hast 
made heaven, the heaven of heav- 
ens, with all their host, the earth, 
and all things that are therein, the 



seas, and all that is therein, and thou 
preservest them all ; and the host of 
heaven worshippeth thee. Thou art 
the Lord, the God, who didst choose 
Abram, and broughtest him forth 
out of Ur of the Chaldees, and ga- 
vest him the name of Abraham. 

Rom. 8: 15. Ye have received the 
spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, 
Abba, Father. The Spirit itself 
beareth witness with our spirit that 
we are the children of God. 

Eccl. 5: 2. Be not rash with thy 
mouth ; and let not thine heart be 
hasty to utter any thing before God. 
For God is in heaven and thou upon 
earth ; therefore let thy words be 
few. 

John 14: 13. Whatsoever ye shall 
ask in my name, that will I do unto 
you. 

16: 23. Whatsoever ye shall ask 
the Father in my name, he will give 
it you. 

III. Adoration. 

Mat. 6 : 9. Hallowed be thy 
name. 

Ps. Ill: 9. He hath commanded 
his covenant forever ; holy and rev- 
erend is his name. 

Isa. 6: 3. One cried unto another, 
and said, Holy, holy, holy is the 
Lord of hosts: the whole earth is 
full of his glory. 

(See Public Worship, Praise.) 

IV. Objects of Prayer. 
1. For personal Blessings. 

Mat. 6: 10. Give us this day our 
daily bread. 

Ps. 6:1. O Lord, rebuke me not 
in thine anger, neither chasten me 
in thy hot displeasure. Have mer- 
cy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak. 
— 4. Return, O Lord, deliver my 
soul ; O save me, for thy mercy's 
sake. — 6. I am weary with my 
groaning ; all the night make I my 
bed to swim ; I water my couch with 
my tears. 

66: 16. Come and hear, all ye 
that fear God, and I will declare 
what the Lord hath done for my 
soul. I cried unto him with my 
mouth, and he was extolled with my 
tongue. — 19. Verily God hath heard 
me : he hath attended to the voice of 
my prayer. Blessed be God, which 



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hath not turned away my prayer, nor j down from heaven, and behold, and 
his mercy from me. j visit this vine, and the vineyard 

69: 1. Save me, God, for the which thy right hand hath planted, 



waters are come in unto my soul ; I 
sink in dee}) mire, where there is no 
standing. — 4. They, that hate me 
without cause are more than the 
hairs of my head. They that would 
destroy me, being my enemies 
wrongfully, are mighty: then I re- 
stored that I took not away. — 12. 
They that sit in the gate speak 
against me ; and I was the song of 
the drunkar-d. But as for me, my 
prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an 
acceptable time. God, in the mul- 
titude of thy mercy, hear me. — 16. 
Turn unto me, according to the mul- 
titude of thy tender mercies, and hide ; ened unto thy servants the prophets, 
not thy face from thy servant, for I | which spake in thy name to our 
am in trouble. — IS. Deliver me, i kings, our princes, and our fathers, 
because of mine enemies ; thou hast i and to all the people of the land, 
known my reproach and my shame, 
and my dishonor ; mine adversaries j 
are all before thee. Reproach hath I 



and the branch which thou madest 
strong for thyself. 

IT Dan. 9:4. I prayed unto the 
Lord my God, and made my con- 
fession, and said, 

Lord, the great and dreadful 
God, keeping the covenant and 
mercy to them that love him, and to 
them that keep his commandments ; 
we have sinned, and have committed 
iniquity, and have done wickedly, 
and have rebelled, even by departing 
from thy precepts and from thy 
judgments: neither have Ave heark- 



broken my heart: and I am full of 
heaviness ; and 1 looked for some to 
take pity, and there was none ; and 
for comforters, but I found none. 

James 1 : 5. If any man lack wis- 
dom, let him ask of God, who giveth \ 
to all men liberally and upbraideth I 
not. 

Ps. 102: 17. The Lord will regard 
the prayer of the destitute, and not 
despise their prayer. 

2. For the Revival and Extension of Re- 
ligion. 

Mat. 6: 10. Thy kingdom come ; 
thy will be done in earth as it is in j 
heaven. 

Ps. 14: 7. that the salvation of 
Israel were come out of Zion ; when j 
the Lord bringeth back the captivi- 
ty of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, 
and Israel shall be glad. 

80: 8. Thou hast brought a vine 
out of Egypt ; thou hast cast out the 
heathen, and planted it: thou prepar- 
edst room before it, and didst cause 
it to take root, and it filled the land. 
The hills were covered with the 
shadow, and the boughs thereof were 
like the goodly cedars. She sent out 
her boughs unto the sea, and her 
branches unto the rivers. Why hast 
thou then broken down her hedges, 
so that all who pass by the way do 
pluck her? — 14. Return, we be- 
seech thee, Lord of hosts: look 



Lord, righteousness belongeth 
unto thee, but unto us confusion of 
faces, as at this day ; to the men of 
Judah, and to the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that 
are near, and that are far off, 
through all the countries whither 
thou hast driven them, because of 
their trespass that they have tres- 
passed against thee. O Lord, to us 
belongeth' confusion of face, to our 
kings, to our princes, and to our 
fathers, because we have sinned 
against thee. To the Lord our 
God belong mercies and forgive- 
nesses, though we have rebelled 
against him ; neither have we 
obeyed the voice of the Lord our 
God, to walk in his laws, which he 
set before us by his servants the 
prophets. Yea, all Israel have 
transgressed thy law, even by de- 
parting, that they might not obey 
thy voice ; therefore the curse is 
poured upon us, and the oath that 
is written in the law of Moses the 
servant of God, because we have 
sinned against him. And he hath 
confirmed his words, which he spake 
against us, and against our judges 
that judged us, by bringing upon us 
a great evil : for under the whole 
heaven hath not been done as hath 
been done upon Jerusalem. As it is 
written in the law of Moses, all this 

j evil is come upon us : yet made we 

1 not our prayer before the Lord our 
| God, that we might turn from our 
! iniquities, and uuderstand thy truth. 

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[P. II. 



upon the evil, and brought it upon 
us : for the Lord our God is right- 
eous in all his works which he do- 
eth : for we obeyed not his voice. 
And now, O Lord our God, that 
hast brought thy people forth out of 
the land of Egypt Avith a mighty 
hand, and hast gotten thee renown, 
as at this day ; we have sinned, we 
have done wickedly. O Lord, ac- 
cording to all thy righteousness, I 
beseech thee, let thine anger and 
thy fury be turned away from thy 
city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain : 
because for our sins, and for the 
iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem 
and thy people are become a re- 
proach to all that are about us. 
Now therefore, O our God, hear the 
prayer of thy servant, and his sup^ 
plications, and cause thy face to 
shine upon thy sanctuary that is 
desolate, for the Lord's sake. O 
my God, incline thine ear, and hear 5 
open thine eyes, and behold our 
desolations, and the city which is 
called by thy name : for we do not 
present our supplications before 
thee for our righteousness, but for 
thy grea't mercies. O Lord, hear ; 
Lord, forgive ; Lord, heark- 
en and do ; defer not, for thine 
own sake, O my God : for thy city 
and thy people are called by thy 



11 Hab. 3:2. O Lord, I have 
heard thy speech, and was afraid : 

Lord, revive thy work in the 
midst of the years, in the midst of 
the years make known ; in wrath 
remember mercy. 

Mat. 9: 38. Pray ye the Lord of 
the harvest, that he would send 
forth iaborers into his harvest. 

Rom. 15: 30. Now I beseech you, 
brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's 
sake, and for the love of the Spirit, 
that ye strive together with me in 
your prayers to God for me ; that I 
may be delivered from them that do 
not believe in Judea ; and that my 
service, which 1 have for Jerusalem, 
may be accepted of the saints ; that 

1 may come unto you with joy by 
the will of God, and may with you 
be refreshed. Now the God of 
peace be with you all. Amen. 

2 Thes. 3: 1. Finally, brethren, 
pray for us; that the word of the 
Lord may have free course and be 
glorified, even as it is with you ; 



and that we may be deliveredfrom 
unreasonable and wicked men. 

Eph. 3 : 14. For this cause I 
bow my knees unto the Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom 
the whole family in heaven and 
earth is named, that he would grant 
you, according to the riches of his 
glory, to he strengthened with might 
by his Spirit in the inner man ; that 
Christ may dwell in your hearts by 
faith ; that ye, being rooted and 
grounded in love, may be aide to 
comprehend with all saints what is 
the breadth, and length, and depth, 
and height; and to know the love 
of Christ, which passeth knowl- 
edge ; that ye might be filled with 
alf the fulness of God.. Now unto 
him that is able to do exceeding 
abundantly above all that we ask or 
think, according to the power that 
worketh in us, unto him be glory in 
the church by Christ Jesus through- 
out all ages, world without end J 
Amen. 

1T Phil. 1 : 2. Grace be unto 
you, and peace, from God our Fa- 
ther, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 
I thank my God upon every re- 
membrance of you, always iu every 
prayer of mine for you all, . . . mak- 
ing request with joy,... for your 
fellowship in the gospel from the 
first day until now: being confident 
of this very thing, that he which 
hath begun a good work in you,- will 
perform it until the day of Jesus 
Christ: even as it is meet for me 
to think this of you all, because I 
have you in my heart ; inasmuch as 
both in my bonds, and in the de- 
fence and confirmation of the gos- 
pel, ye all are partakers of my 
grace. For God is my record, how 
greatly I long after you all in the 
bowels of Jesus Christ. And this I 
pray, that your love may abound 
yet more and more in knowledge 
and in all judgment; that ye may 
approve things that are excellent; 
that ye may be sincere and without 
offence till the day of Christ, being 
filled with the fruits of righteous- 
ness, which are by Jesus Christ, 
unto the glory and praise of God. 

Isa. 62: 6. Ye that make mention 
of the Lord keep not silence. Give 
him no rest till he establish, and till 
he make Jerusalem a praise in the 
earth. 



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Ps. 122: 7. Peace be within thy 
walls, and prosperity within thy 
palaces. 

3. For Enemies. 

Mat. 5: 44. Pray for them that 
despitefully use you and persecute 
you. 

Luke 23: 34. Father, forgive 
them, for they know not what 
they do. 

Acts 7 : 60. Lord, lay not this 
sin to their charge. 

1 Cor. 4: 12. Being reviled, we 
bless, . .. being defamed, we entreat. 



V. Arguments in Prayer. 



member Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, 
thy servants, to whom thou swarest 
by thine own self, and saidst unto 
them, I will multiply your seed as 
the stars of heaven, and all this 
land that I have spoken of will I 
give unto your seed, and they shall 
inherit it forever. And the Lord 
repented of the evil which he 
thought to do unto his people. 



And he said, My pres- 
go with thee, and I will 



1. God 1 . 



Regard for 
Cause. 



his J\~ame and 



Gen. 32: 9. And Jacob said, O 
God of my father Abraham, and 
God of my father Isaac, the Lord 
which saidst unto me, Return unto 
thy country, and to thy kindred, and 
I will deal well with thee : I am 
not worthy of the least of all the 
mercies, and of all the truth, which 
thou hast showed unto thy servant ; 
for with my staff I passed over this 
Jordan ; and now I am become two 
bands. Deliver me, I pray thee, 
from the hand of my brother, from 
the hand of Esau : for I fear him, 



If 33: 14 
ence shall 

give thee re'st. And he said unto him, 
If thy presence go not with me, 
carry us not up hence. For where- 
in shall it be known here, that I and 
thy people have found grace in thy 
sight ? is it not in that thou goest 
with us ? so shall we be separated, 
I and thy people, from all the peo- 
ple that are. upon the face of the 
earth. And the Lord said unto 
Moses, I will do this thing also that 
thou hast spoken: for thou hast 
found grace in my sight, and I know 
thee by name. 

1 Sam. 1: 10. And she was in 
bitterness of soul, and prayed unto 
the Lord, and wept sore. And she 
vowed a vow, and said, Lord of 
hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on 
the affliction of thine handmaid, and 
remember me, and not forget thine 
handmaid, but wilt give unto thine 
handmaid a man-child, then I will 



lest he will come and smite me, and give him unto the Lord all the days 



the mother with the children. And 
thou saidst, I will surely do thee 
good, and make thy seed as the sand 
of the sea, which cannot be num- 
bered for multitude. 

Ex. 32: 9. And the Lord said 
unto Moses, I have seen this people, 
and, behold, it is a stiff-necked peo- 
ple : now therefore let me alone, 
that my wrath may wax hot against 
them, and that I may consume them : 
and I will make of thee a great na- 
tion. And Moses besought the Lord 
his God, and said, Lord, why doth 
thy wrath wax hot against thy peo- 
ple, which thou hast brought forth 
out of the land of Egypt with great 
power, and with a mighty hand ? 
Wherefore should the Egyptians 
speak, and say, For mischief did he 
bring them out, to slay them in the 
mountains, and to consume them 
from the face of the earth ? Turn 
from thy fierce wrath, and repent 
of this evil against thv people. Re- 
24 



of his life, and there shall no razor 
come upon his head. 

Isa. 63: 17. O Lord, why hast 
thou made us to err from thy ways, 
and hardened our heart from thy 
fear ? Return for thy servant's 
sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. 
The people of thy holiness have 
possessed it but a little while : our 
adversaries have trodden down thy 
sanctuary. We are thine : thou 
never barest rule over them ; they 
were not called by thy name. 

64: 1. Oh that thou wouldest rend 
the heavens, that thou wouldest 
come down, that the mountains 
might flow down at thy presence. 

Jer. 14: 7. Q Lord, though our 
iniquities testify against us, do thou 
it for thy name's sake : for our back 
slidings are many ; we have sinned 
against thee. O the hope of Israel, 
the Savior thereof in time of trouble, 
why shouldest thou be as a stranger 
in the land, and as a wayfaring man 



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[P. II. 



that turneth aside to tarry for a 
night ? Why shouldest thou be as 
a man astonied, as a mighty man 
that cannot save ? Yet thou, O 
Lord, art in the midst of us, and 
we are called by thy name ; leave 
us not. — 20. We acknowledge, O 
Lord, our wickedness, and the 
iniquity of our fathers ; for we have 
sinned against thee. Do not abhor 
us, for thy name's sake, do not dis- 
grace the throne of thy glory : re- 
member, break not thy, covenant 
with us. 

1F Lam. 5:19. Thou, O Lord, 
remainest forever ; thy throne from 
generation to generation. Where- 
fore dost thou forget us forever, 
and forsake us so long time ? Turn 
thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we 
shall be turned ; renew our days 
as of old. 

1 Kings. 17: 20. And he cried 
unto the Lord, and said, O Lord 
my God, hast thou also brought evil 
upon the widow with whom I so- 
journ, by slaying her son? And he 
stretched himself upon the child 
three times, and cried unto the 
Lord, and said, Lord my God, 
I pray thee, let this child's soul 
come into him again. And the Lord 
heard the voice of Elijah ; and the 
soul of the child came into him 
again, and he revived. 

2 Chron. 14: 11. And Asa cried 
unto the Lord his God, and said, 
Lord, it is nothing with thee to 
help, whether with many, or with 
them that have no power: help us, 
O Lord our God; for we rest on 
thee, and in thy name we go against 
this multitude. Lord, thou art 
our God; let not man prevail against 
thee. So the Lord smote the Ethi- 
opians before Asa, and before Ju- 
dah ; and the Ethiopians fled. 

Neh. 1 : 8. Remember, I beseech 
thee, the word that thou command- 
edst thy servant Moses, saying, If 
ye transgress, I will scatter you 
abroad among the nations: but if 
ye turn unto me, and keep my com- 
mandments, and do them ; though 
there were of you cast out unto the 
uttermost part of the heaven, yet 
will I gather them from thence, and 
will bring them unto the place that 
I have chosen to set my name there. 
Now these are thy servantsfand thy 
people, whom thou hast redeemed 



by thy great power, and by thy 
strong hand. O Lord, I beseech 
thee, let now thine ear be attentive 
to the prayer of thy servant, and to 
the prayer of thy servants, who de- 
sire to fear thy name : and prosper, 
I pray thee, thy servant this day, 
and grant him mercy in the sight of 
this man. 

If Ps. 69 : 5. Let not those that wait 
on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be 
ashamed for my sake ; let not those 
that seek thee be confounded for my 
sake, O God of Israel. 

Ezek. 36: 21. I had pity, for mine 
holy name, which the house of Israel 
had profaned among the heathen, 
whither they went. ... I do not this 
for your sakes, O house of Israel, 
but for my holy name's sake, which 
was profaned among the heathen 
whither ye went. And I will sanc- 
tify my great name which was pro- 
faned among the heathen. — 32. 
Not for your sakes do I this, saith 
the Lord God, be it known unto 
you; be ashamed and confounded 
for your own ways, O house of Is- 
rael. 

Dan. 9: 18. We do not present 
our supplications before thee for 
our righteousness, but for thy great 
mercies. 

Ps. 106: 7. Our fathers understood 
not thy wonders in Egypt . . . never- 
theless, he saved them, for his 
name's sake, that he might make his 
mighty power known. 

II. Jin Argument from the Covenant 
and Promises of God. 

Neh. 1 : 8. Remember, I beseech 
thee, the word that thou command- 
edst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye 
transgress, I will scatter you abroad 
among the nations; but if ye turn 
unto me, and keep my command- 
ments, and do them, though there 
were of you cast out unto the utter- 
most part of heaven, yet will I gath- 
er them from thence, and will bring 
them unto the place that I have 
chosen to set my name there. 

Ps. 105: 3. Let the heart of them 
rejoice that seek the Lord. . . . Re- 
member his marvellous works that 
he hath done ... he is the Lord our 
God, his judgments are in all the 
earth. He hath remembered his 
covenant forever; the word that he 



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commanded, to a thousand genera- 
tions. 

III. Jin Argument from former Mer- 
cies and Deliverances. 

Neh. 9: 7. Thou art the Lord, 
the God who didst choose Abraham 
. . . and madest a covenant with him 
to give him the land of the Canaan- 
ites . . . and hast performed thy 
words, for thou art righteous: and 
didst see the affliction of our fathers 
in Egypt, and heardest their cry by 
the Red sea . . . and didst divide the 
sea before them . . . thou gavestthem 
bread from heaven for their hun- 
ger. 

But our fathers dealt proudly, and 
hardened their necks, and hearkened 
not to thy commandments . . . yet 
thou, in thy manifold mercies, for- 
sookest them not in the wilderness. 
. . . Thou gavest thy good spirit to 
instruct them . . . so the children 
went in and possessed the land. — 

26. Nevertheless, they were diso- 
bedient, and rebelled against thee, 
and cast thy law behind their backs, 
and slew thy prophets, which testi- 
fied against them... and wrought 
great provocations ; therefore thou 
deliveredst them into the hand of 
their enemies, and vexed them; and 
in the time of trouble when they 
cried unto thee, thou heardest them 
from heaven. But after they had 
rest, they did evil again before thee. 
— 31. For thy great mercies' sake 
thou didst not utterly consume 
them. 

Now, therefore, our God, ... let 
not all the trouble that has come 
upon us seem little before thee, 
since the time of the kings of Assy- 
ria unto this day. Howbeit, thou 
art just in all that is brought upon 
us: for thou hast done right; but we 
have done wickedly. 

Ps. 85: 1. Lord, thou hast been 
favorable unto thy land: thou hast 
brought back the captivity of Jacob. 
Thou hast. taken away all thy wrath 
. . . thou hast turned thyself from 
the fierceness of thine anger. 

Turn us, God of our salvation, 
and cause thine anger towards us to 
cease. Wilt thou be angry with us 
forever? Wilt thou draw out thine 
anger to all generations ? Wilt 
thou not revive us again, that thy 
people may rejoice in thee? 



106:4. Remember me, Lord, 
with the favor that thou bearest un- 
to thy people. O visit me with thy 
salvation. 

22: 2. my God, I cry in the day 
time, but thou nearest not; and in 
the night season, and am not silent. 

— 4. Our fathers trusted in thee; 
they trusted, and thou didst deliver 
them ; they cried unto thee, and 
were delivered; they trusted in thee, 
and were not confounded. 

Acts 4: 24. Lord, thou art God, 
which hast made heaven and earth, 
and the sea, and all that in them is: 
who, by the mouth of thy servant 
David hast said, Why did the hea- 
then rage, and the people imagine 
a vain thing? — 29. And now, Lord, 
behold their threatenings, and grant 
unto thy servants, that, with all 
boldness, they may speak thy word. 

— 31. And when they had prayed, 
the place was shaken where they 
were assembled together. 

VI. Confession. 

Ps. 32: 5. I acknowledge my sin 
unto thee, and mine iniquity have I 
not hid. I said, I will confess my 
transgression unto the Lord, and 
thou forgavest the iniquity of my 
sin. 

Isa. 64: 5. Behold, thou art wroth, 
for we have sinned: in those is con- 
tinuance, and we shall be saved. 
But we are all as an unclean thing, 
and all our righteousnesses are as 
filthy rags ; and we all do fade as a 
leaf; and our iniquities, like the 
wind, have taken us away. 

Ezra 9: 5. And at the evening 
sacrifice I arose up from my heavi- 
ness, and having rent my garment 
and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, 
and spread out my hands unto the 
Lord my God, and said, my God, 
I am ashamed and blush to lift up 
my face to thee, my God: for our 
iniquities are increased over our 
head, and our trespass is grown up 
unto the heavens. Since the days 
of our fathers have we been in a 
great trespass unto this day; and for 
our iniquities have we, our kings, 
and our priests, been delivered into 
the hand of the kings of the lands, 
to the sword, to captivity and to a 
spoil, and to confusion of face, as it 
is this day. — 13. And after all that 
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and for our great trespass, seeing 
that thou our God hast punished us 
less than our iniquities deserve, and 
hast given us such deliverance as 
this ; should we again break thy 
commandments, and join in affinity 
with the people of these abomina- 
tions ? wouldest not thou be angry 
with us till thou hadst consumed us, 
so that there should be no remnant 
nor escaping? O Lord God of Is- 
rael, thou art righteous : for we re- 
main yet escaped, as it is this day: 
behold, we are before thee in our 
trespasses: for we cannot stand be- 
fore thee because of this. 

Lam. 3: 21. This I recal to my 
mind, therefore have I hope. It is of 
the Lord's mercies that we are not 
consumed, because his compassions 
fail not. They are new every morn- 
ing: great is thy faithfulness. The 
Lord is my portion, saith my soul: 
therefore will I hope in him. The 
Lord is good unto them that wait 
for him, to the soul that seeketh 
him. It is good that a man should 
both hope and quietly wait for the 
salvation of the Lord. 

1T Neh. 9: 1. Now in the twenty- 
and-fourth day of this month the 
children of Israel were assembled 
with fasting, and with sackclothes, 
and earth upon them. And the seed 
of Israel separated themselves from 
all strangers, and stood and confess- 
ed their sins, and the iniquities of 
their fathers. And they stood up in 
their place, and read in the book of 
the law of the Lord their God one 
fourth part of the day; and another 
fourth part they confessed, and wor- 
shipped the Lord their God. — '26. 
Nevertheless they were disobedient, 
and rebelled against thee, and cast 
thy law behind their backs, and 
slew thy prophets which testified 
against them to turn them to thee, 
and they wrought great provoca- 
tions. Therefore thou deliveredst 
them into the hand of their enemies, 
who vexed them: and in the time of 
their trouble, when they cried unto 
thee, thou heardest them from heav- 
en; and according to thy manifold 
mercies thou gavest them saviors, 
who saved them out of the hand of 
their enemies. But after they had 
rest, they did evil again before thee: 
therefore leftest thou them in the 
hand of their enemies, so that they 



had the dominion over them: yet 
when they returned, and cried unto 
thee, thou heardest them from 
heaven; and many times didst thou 
deliver them, according to thy mer- 
cies; and testifiedst against them, that 
thou mightest bring them again unto 
thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and 
hearkened not unto thy command- 
ments, but sinned against thy judg- 
ments, (which if a man do, he shall 
live in them;) and withdrew the 
shoulder, and hardened their neck, 
and would not hear. Yet many 
years didst thou forbear them, and 
testifiedst against them by thy spirit 
in thy prophets: yet would they not 
give ear: therefore gavest thou them 
into the hand of the people of the 
lands. Nevertheless for thy great 
mercies' sake thou didst not utterly 
consume them, nor forsake them; for 
thou art a gracious and merciful 
God. Now therefore, our God, the 
great, the mighty, and the terrible 
God, who keepest covenant and 
mercy, let not all the trouble seem 
little before thee, that hath come 
upon us, on our kings, on our 
princes, and on our priests, and on 
our prophets, and on our fathers, 
and on all thy people, since the time 
of the kings of Assyria unto this 
day. Howbeit thou art just in all 
that is brought upon us; for thou 
hast done right, but we have done 
wickedly: neither have our kings, 
our princes, our priests, nor our 
fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened 
unto thy commandments and thy 
testimonies, wherewith thou didst 
testify against them. 

VII. Importunity in Prayer. 

Gen. 32: 24. And Jacob was left 
alone; and there wrestled a man 
with him until the breaking of the 
day. And when he saw that he pre- 
vailed not against him, he touched 
the hollow of his thigh; and the hol- 
low of Jacob's thigh was out of 
joint, as he wrestled with him. And 
he said, Let me go, for the day 
breaketh. And he said, I will not 
let thee go, except thou bless me. 
And he said unto him, What is thy 
name ? and he said, Jacob. And 
he said, Thy name shall be called 
no more Jacob, but Israel : for as a 
prince hast thou power with God 
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1 Sam. 1 : 12. And it came to pass, 
as she continued praying before the 
Lord, that Eli marked her mouth. 
Now Hannah, she spake in her 
heart; only her lips moved, but her 
voice was not heard ; therefore Eli 
thought she had been drunken. And 
Eli said unto her, How long wilt 
thou be drunken ? put away thy wine 
from thee. And Hannah answered 
and said, No, my lord, I am a wo- 
man of a sorrowful spirit ; I have 
drunk neither wine nor strong drink, 
but have poured out my soul before 
the Lord. Count not thine hand- 
maid for a daughter of Belial: for 
out of the abundance of my com- 
plaint and grief have I spoken hith- 
erto. Then Eli answered and said, 
Go in peace; and the God of Israel 
grant thee thy petition that thou 
hast asked of him. And she said, 
Let thine handmaid find grace in 
thy sight. So the woman went her 
way, and did eat, and her counte- 
nance was no more sad. — 26. And 
she said, O my lord, as thy soul liv- 
eth, my lord, I am the woman that 
stood by thee here, praying unto the 
Lord. For this child I prayed; and 
the Lord hath given me my petition 
which I asked of him : therefore also 
I have lent him to the Lord; as long 
as he liveth he shall be lent to the 
Lord. And he worshipped the 
Lord there. 

IT Luke 11:5. And he said unto 
them, Which of you shall have a 
friend, and shall go unto him at mid- 
night, and say unto him, Friend, 
lend me three loaves; for a friend of 
mine in his journey is come to me, 
and I have nothing to set before 
him? And he from within shall an- 
swer and say, Trouble me not: the 
door is now shut, and my children 
are with me in bed; I cannot rise 
and give thee. I say unto you, 
Though he will not rise and give 
him, because he is his friend, yet 
because of his importunity he will 
rise and give him as many as he 
needeth. And I say unto you, Ask, 
and it shall be given you; seek, and 
ye shall find; knock, and it shall be 
opened unto you. For every one 
that asketh, receiveth ; and he that 
seeketh, findeth; and to him that 
knocketh, it shall be opened. If a 
son shall ask bread of any of you, that 
is a father, will he give him a stone ? 



or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish 
give him a serpent? Or, if he shall 
ask an egg, will he offer him a scor- 
pion? If ye then, being evil, know 
how to give good gifts unto your 
children, how much more shall your 
heavenly Father give the Holy 
Spirit to them that ask him? 

18: 1. And he spake a parable un- 
to them to this end, that men ought 
always to pray, and not to faint; 
saying, There was in a city a judge, 
which feared not God, neither re- 
garded man. And there was a 
widow in that city; and she came 
unto him, saying, Avenge me of 
mine adversary. And he would not 
for a while : but afterward he said 
within himself, Though I fear not 
God, nor regard man ; yet, because 
this widow troubleth me, I will 
avenge her, lest by her continual 
coming she weary me. And the 
Lord said, Hear what the unjust 
judge saith. And shall not God 
avenge his own elect, which cry day 
and night unto him, though he bear 
long with them? I tell you that he 
will avenge them speedily. Never- 
theless, when the Son of man 
cometh, shall he find faith on the 
earth? 

Acts 1: 14. These all contin^ 
ued with one accord in prayer and 
supplication, with the women, and 
Mary the mother of Jesus, and witk 
his brethren. 



VIII. Encouragement to Pray,. 

2 Chron. 15:2. Hear ye me, Asa r 
and all Judah and Benjamin; the 
Lord is with you, while ye be with 
him; and if ye seek him, he will be 
found of you; but if ye forsake him, 
he will forsake you. Now for a 
long season Israel hath been with- 
out the true God, and without a 
teaching priest, and without law. 
But when they in their trouble did 
turn unto the Lord God of Israel, 
and sought him, he was found of 
them. 

Neh. 2:1. Now I had not been 
beforetime sad in his presence. 
Wherefore the king said unto me, 
Why is thy countenance sad, seeing 
thou art not sick? this is nothing 
else but sorrow of heart. Then I 
was very sore afraid, and said unto 
the king, Let the king live forever: 



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why should not my countenance be 
sad, when the city, the place of my 
fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and 
the gates thereof are consumed with 
fire ? Then the king said unto me, 
For what dost thou make request ? 
So I prayed to the God of heaven. 
And I said unto the king, If it please 
the king, and if thy servant have 
found favor in thy sight, that thou 
wouldest send me unto Judah, unto 
the city of my father's sepulchres, 
that I may build it. — 8. And the 
king granted me, according to the 
good hand of my God upon me. 

Isa. 65 : 24. Before they call I will 
answer ; while they are yet speak- 
ing I will hear. 

Jer. 33: 3. Call upon me, and I 
will answer thee. 

Joel 2: 32. Whosoever shall call 
on the name of the Lord, shall be 
delivered. 

Job 42 : 8. Therefore take unto 
you now seven bullocks and seven 
rams, and go to my servant Job, and 
offer up for yourselves a burnt-offer- 
ing ; and my servant Job shall pray 
for you : for him will I accept : lest I 
deal with you after your folly, in 
that ye have not spoken of me the 
thing which is right, like my servant 
Job. So Eliphaz the Temanite, and 
Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the 
Naamathite went, and did according 
as the Lord commanded them: the 
Lord also accepted Job. 

And the Lord turned the captivi- 
ty of Job, when he prayed for his 
friends. 

If Ps. 81 : 10. I am the Lord thy 
God, that brought thee out of the 
land of Egypt. Open thy mouth 
wide, and 1 will fill it. 

102: 13. Thou shalt arise and have 
mercy upon Zion ; for the time to 
favor her, even the set time is come : 
for thy servants take pleasure in her 
stones, and favor the dust thereof 

126:6. He that goeth forth and 
weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall 
doubtless come again rejoicing, 
bringing his sheaves with him. 

Prov. 10: 24. The desire of the 
righteous shall be granted. 

Isa. 45: 19. I said not unto the 
seed of Jacob, Seek ye my face in 
vain. 

Ezek. 86 : 24. I will take you 
from among the heathen, and gather 
you out of all countries . . . and I 



will sprinkle clean water upon you, 
and ye shall be clean. — 26. A new 
heart also will I give you, and a new 
spirit will I put within you. — 37. 
I will yet for this be inquired of by 
the house of Israel to do it for them. 

Mat. 7: 7. Ask, and it shall be 
given you, seek, and ye shall find: 
knock, and it shall be opened unto 
you ; for every one that asketh re- 
ceiveth ; and he that seeketh find- 
eth, and to him that knocketh, it 
shall be opened. Or what man is 
there of you, who, if his son ask 
bread, will he give him a stone ; or if 
he ask a fish, will he give him a ser- 
pent ? If ye, then being evil, know 
how to give good things to your 
children, how much more shall your 
father which is in heaven give good 
things to them that ask him. 

18: 19. Again; I say unto you, 
That if two of you shall agree on 
earth, as touching any thing that 
they shall ask, it shall be done for 
them of my Father which is in heav- 
en. For where two or three are 
gathered together in my name> there 
am I in the midst of them. 

John 14: 13. Whatsoever ye shall 
ask in my name, that will I do, that 
the Father may be glorified in the 
Son. If ye shall ask any thing I will 
do it. 

16: 23. And in that day ye shall 
ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask 
the Father in my name, he will give 
it you. Hitherto have ye asked noth- 
ing in my name 5 ask, and ye shall 
receive, that your joy may be full. 

Acts 2: 21. Whosoever shall call 
on the name of the Lord, shall be 
saved. 

IT 1 2 : 5. Peter therefore was kept in 
prison: but prayer was made with- 
out ceasing of the church unto God 
for him. And when Herod would 
have brought him forth, the same 
night Peter was sleeping between 
two soldiers, bound with two chains ; 
and the keepers before the door kept 
the prison. And behold, the angel of 
the Lord came upon him, and a light 
shined in the prison : and he smote 
Peter on the side, and raised him up, 
saying, Arise up quickly! And his 
chains fell off from his hands. And 
the angel said unto him, Gird thy- 
self, and bind on thy sandals: and so 
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thy garment about thee, and follow 
me. And he went out, and followed 
him, and wist not that it was true 
which was done by the angel ; but 
thought he saw a vision. When they 
were past the first and the second 
ward, they came unto the iron gate 
that leadeth unto the city, which 
opened to them of his own accord: 
and they went out, and passed on 
through one street ; and forthwith 
the angel departed from him. 

16: 25. And at midnight Paul and 
Silas prayed, and sang praises unto 
God: and the prisoners heard them. 
And suddenly there was a great 
earthquake, so that the foundations 
of the prison were shaken: and im- 
mediately all the doors were open- 
ed, and every one's bands were 
loosed. And the keeper of the prison 
awaking out of his sleep, and seeing 
the prison-doors open, he drew out 
his sword, and would have killed 
himself, supposing that the prisoners 
had been fled. But Paul cried with 
a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no 
harm: for we are all here. Then he 
called for a light, and sprang in, and 
came trembling, and fell down be- 
fore Paul and Silas ; and brought 
them out, and said, Sirs, what must 
I do to be saved ? And they said, 
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, 
and thou shalt be saved, and thy 
house. And they spake unto him 
the word of the Lord, and to all that 
were in his house. 

1T 1 John 3: 21. Beloved, if our 
heart condemn us not, then have we 
confidence toward God, and whatso- 
ever we ask, we receive of him, be- 
cause we keep his commandments, 
and do those things that are pleas- 
ing in his sight. And this is his com- 
mandment ; That we should believe 
on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, 
and love one another, as he gave us 
commandment. And he that keepeth 
his commandments, dwelleth in liiin, 
and he in him. And hereby we know 
that he abideth in us, by the Spirit 
which he hath given us. 

5: IS. These things have I writ- 
ten unto you that believe on the name 
of the Son of God ; that ye may 
know that ye have eternal life, and 
that ye may believe on the name of 
the Son of God. And this is the con- 
fidence that we have in him, that if 
we ask any thing according to his 



will he heareth us : and if we know 
that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, 
we know that we have the petitions 
that we desired of him. 

If any man see his brother sin a 
sin which is not unto death, he shall 
ask, and he shall give him life for 
them that sin not unto death. There 
is a sin unto death : I do not say that 
ye shall pray for it. All unrighteous- 
ness is sin ; and there is a sin not 
unto death. 

James 5: 16. The effectual fervent 
prayer of a righteous man availeth 
much. Elias was a man subject to 
like passions as we are, and he pray- 
ed earnestly that it might not rain: 
and it rained not on the earth by the 
space of three years and six months : 
and he prayed again, and the heav- 
en gave rain, and the earth brought 
forth her fruit. 

Zech. 13: 9. They shall call on 
my name, and I will hear them. 

2 Kings 19: 20. Thus saith the 
Lord to Hezekiah, That which thou 
hast prayed to me against the king 
of Assyria, I have heard. 

Ps. 6: 9. The Lord hath heard 
my supplication ; the Lord will 
receive my prayer. 

34 : 4. I sought the Lord : he 
heard me and delivered me out of 
all my fears. 

IX. Characteristics of a Spirit of 
acceptable Prayer. 

1. Sincerity. 

Ps. 17: 1. Give ear to my prayer, 
that goeth not out of feigned lips. 

145: 18. The Lord is nigh unto 
all them, that call upon him in truth. 

Jer. 29: 13. Then shall ye find 
me, when ye shall search for me with 
all your heart. 

Is a. 29: 13. Forasmuch as this 
people draw near unto me with their 
mouth, and with their lips do honor 
me, but have removed their heart 
far from me, and their fear toward 
me is taught by the precept of men ; 
therefore, behold, 1 will proceed to 
do a marvellous work among this 
people. 

Lam. 3: 41. Let us lift up our 
heart with our hands to God in the 
heavens. 

Ps. 78 : 34. When God slew them, 
then they sought him, and inquired 
early after God. — 36. Nevertheless 



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they flattered him with their mouth: 
their heart was not right with him. 

Ezek. 33: 31. With their mouth 
they show much love ; but their 
heart goeth after their covetousness. 

Mat. 6: 5. When thou prayest, 
be not as the hypocrites are ; for 
they love to pray, standing in the 
synagogues, and in the corners of 
the streets, that they may be seen of 
men. 

23: 14. For a pretence, they make 
Jong prayers. 

2. Praying in Faith. 

2 Sam. 7: 28. And now, O Lord 
God, thou art that God, and thy 
words be true, and thou hast prom- 
ised this goodness unto thy servant : 
therefore now let it please thee to 
bless the house of thy servant, that 
it may continue forever before thee : 
for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken 
it ; and with thy blessing let the 
house of thy servant be blessed for- 
ever. 

Mat. 21 : 22. All things whatso- 
ever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, 
ye shall receive. 

Heb. 11: 6. Without faith it is 
impossible to please him: for he that 
cometh to God must believe that he 
is; and that he is a rewarder of them 
that diligently seek him. 

James 5: 15. The prayer of faith 
shall save the sick, and the Lord 
shall raise him up. 

John 15: 7. If ye abide in me, 
and my words abide in you, ye shall 
ask what ye will, and it shall be done 
unto you. 

James 1 : 6. Let him ask in faith, 
nothing wavering. For he that wa- 
vereth is like a wave of the sea, 
driven and tossed. For let not that 
man think that he shall receive any 
thing of the Lord. 

Heb. 10: 22. Let us draw near 
with a true heart, in full assurance 
of faith. 

3. Humble Sub?nission. 

2 Chron. 7: 14. Ifrfiy people shall 
humble themselves, and pray, and 
seek my face, and turn from their 
wicked ways, then will I hear from 
heaven, and will forgive their sins. 

Luke 18: 13. The publican, stand- 
ing afar off, would not so much as 
lift his eyes unto heaven, but smote 



upon his breast, saying, God be- mer- 
ciful to me a sinner. 

Mat. 26: 39. He went a little 
farther, and fell on his face, and 
prayed, saying, O my Father, if it 
be possible, let this cup pass from 
me. Nevertheless, not as I will, but 
as thou wilt. 

John 5: 30. I seek not mine own 
will, but the will of the Father that 
sent me. 

Luke 15: 21. Father, I have sin- 
ned against heaven and in thy sight, 
and am no more worthy to be called 
thy son. 

4. Forgiveness. 



Mat. 6: 12. Forgive us our debts r 
as we forgive our debtors. — 14. 
For if ye forgive men their tres- 
passes, your heavenly Father will 
also forgive you. But, if ye forgive 
not men their trespasses, neither 
will your Father forgive your tres- 
passes. 

Luke 6 : 37. Forgive and ye shall 
be forgiven. 

Mat. 5: 23. If thou bring thy gift 
to the altar, and there rememberest 
that thy brother hath aught against 
thee, leave there thy gift before the 
altar, and go thy way, first be recon- 
ciled to thy brother, and then come 
and offer thy gift. 

Luke 23 : 34. Father forgive them> 
for they know not what they do. 

5. With Purity of Heart. 

Ps. 26: 6. I will wash my hands 
in innocency : so will I compass thine 
altar. 

34: 15. The eyes of the Lord are 
upon the righteous, his ears are open 
to their cry. — 17. The righteous 
cry, and the Lord heareth, and de- 
livereth them out of all their trou- 
bles. 

4 : 3. The Lord hath set apart 
him that is godly for himself; the 
Lord will hear when I call unto 
him. 

145: 19. The Lord will fulfil the 
desire of them that fear him ; he 
also will hear their cry and will save 
them. 

Prov. 15: 8. The sacrifice of the 
wicked is an abomination unto the 
Lord ; but the prayer of the upright 
is his delight. 

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shipper of God and cloth his will, 
him he heareth. 

1 John 3: 22. Whatsoever we 
ask, we receive of him, because we 
keep his commandments, and do 
those things that are pleasing in his 
sight. 

Ps. 91: 14. Because he hath set 
his love on me, therefore will I de- 
liver him. 

66: 18. If I regard iniquity in my 
heart, the Lord will not hear me. 

6. Fervor. 

Ps. SS: 1. Lord God of my sal- 
vation, I have cried day and night 
before thee. 

Luke 22: 44. Being in an agony, 
he prayed more earnestly ; and his 
sweat was as it were great drops of 
blood falling down to the ground. 

Heb. 5: 7. Who in the days of his 
flesh, when he had offered up prayers 
and supplications, with strong cry- 
ing and tears, unto him that was 
able to save him from death, and 
was heard, in that he feared. 

2 Kings 20: 2. Then he turned 
his face to the wall, and prayed unto 
the Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O 
Lord, remember now, how I have 
walked before thee in truth, and with 
a perfect heart, and have done that 
which was good in thy sight. And 
Hezekiah wept sore. — 5. Thus saith 
the Lord, I have heard thy prayer, I 
have seen thy tears: behold I will 
heal thee ; on the third day thou 
shalt go up unto the house of the 
Lord. 

Neh. 1:4. I sat down and wept 
and mourned certain days, and fast- 
ed and prayed. 

Jer. 9:1. that my head were 
waters, and mine eyes a fountain 
of tears. 

Rom. 10: 1. Brethren, my heart's 
desire and prayer to God for Israel 
is, that they might be saved. 

9:2. I have great heaviness and 
continual sorrow in my heart. For 
I could wish that myself were ac- 
cursed from Christ for my brethren. 

James 5: 16. The effectual fer- 
vent prayer of a righteous man avail- 
eth much. 

X. How Prayer is Hindered. 

Josh. 7: 7. And Joshua said, 
Alas, Lord God, wherefore hast 

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thou at all brought this people over 
Jordan, to deliver us into the hand 
of the Amorites, to destroy us? 
would to God we had been content, 
and dwelt on the other side Jordan ! 
O Lord, what shall I say, when 
Israel turneth their backs before 
their enemies? For the Canaanites, 
and all the inhabitants of the land, 
shall hear of it, and shall environ 
us round, and cut off our name from 
the earth ; and what wilt thou do 
unto thy great name? 

And the Lord said unto Joshua, 
Get thee up! wherefore liest thou 
thus upon thy face? Israel hath 
sinned, and they have also trans- 
gressed my covenant which I com- 
manded them ; for they have even 
taken of the accursed thing, and 
have also stolen, and dissembled 
also, and they have put it even 
among their own stuff*. Therefore 
the children of Israel could not 
stand before their enemies, but 
turned their backs before their ene- 
mies, because they were accursed: 
neither will I be with you any more, 
except ye destroy the accursed from 
among you. Up, sanctify the peo- 
ple, and say, Sanctify yourselves 
against to-morrow ; for thus saith 
the Lord God of Israel, There is 
an accursed thing in the midst of 
thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand 
before thine enemies, until ye take 
away the accursed thing from 
among you. 

1T 1 Sam. 7: 2. And all the house 
of Israel lamented after the Lord. 
And Samuel spake unto all the 
house of Israel, saying, If ye do 
return unto the Lord with all your 
hearts, then put away the strange 
gods and Ashtaroth from among 
you, and prepare your hearts unto 
the Lord, and serve him only: and 
he will deliver you out of the hand 
of the Philistines. Then the chil- 
dren of Israel did put away Baalim 
and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord 
only. And Samuel said, Gather all 
Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray 
for you unto the Lord. And they 
gathered together to Mizpeh, and 
drew water, and poured it out before 
the Lord, and fasted on that day, 
and said there, We have sinned 
against the Lord. 

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in my heart, the Lord will not 
hear me. 

Prov. 15 : 8. The sacrifice of 
the wicked is an abomination to the 
Lord. 

Isa. 1: 11. To what purpose is 
the multitude of your sacrifices 
unto me? saith the Lord. — 12. 
When ye come to appear before 
me, who hath required this at your 
hand, to tread my courts? Bring 
no more vain oblations. — 15. When 
ye spread out your hands, I will hide 
mine eyes from you ; yea, when ye 
make many prayers, I will not 
hear. Your hands are full of blood. 

MicahS: 1. Ye princes of the 
house of Israel, is it not for you to 
know judgment ? who hate the good 
and love the evil. — 4. Then shall 
they cry unto the Lord, but he 
will not hear them: he will even 
hide his face from them at that 
time, as they have behaved them- 
selves ill in their doings. 

Prov. 28 : 9. He that turneth 
away his ear from hearing the law, 
even his prayer shall be abomina- 
tion. 

Isa. 59: 1. The Lord's hand is 
not shortened, that it cannot save; 
neither his ear heavy, that it cannot 
hear ; but your iniquities have sep- 
arated between you and your God ; 
and your sins have hid his face from 
you, that he will not hear. 

Jer. 11: 10. They are turned 
back to the iniquities of their fa- 
thers though they cry unto me, 

I will not hearken to them. 

XL Position in Prayer. 

Ex. 9: 33. Moses spread forth 
his hands unto the Lord ; and the 
thunder and hail ceased. 

Ps. 63 : 4. I will lift up my hands 
in thy name. 

1 Kings 8 : 22. Solomon stood 
before the altar of the Lord, . . . 
and spread forth his hands toward 
heaven. 

2 Chron. 6: 13. Solomon made 
a scaffold . . . and upon it he stood 
and kneeled down upon his knees 
before all the congregation of Israel, 
and spread forth his hands towards 
heaven. 

Luke 22: 41. He (Christ) kneel- 
ed down and prayed. 

Mat. 26: 39. He fell on his face 
and prayed. 



Acts 7: 60. He (Stephen) kneel- 
ed down and cried with a loud 
voice. 

1 Chron. 21: 16. David and the 
elders of Israel fell on their faces. 

XII. Kinds of Prayer. 

1. Private. 

Mat. 6: 6. When thou prayest, 
enter into thy closet, and when thou 
hast shut thy door, pray to thy 
Father who is in secret, and thy 
Father which seeth in secret shall 
reward thee openly. 

14: 23. Jesus... went up into a 
mountain to pray, and was there 
alone. 

Mark 1 : 35. Jesus, rising up a 
great while before day, departed 
into a solitary place, and there 
prayed. 

Luke 5: 16. Jesus withdrew him- 
self into the wilderness and prayed. 

Acts 10: 9. Peter went up upon 
the housetop to pray. 

2. Social and Public Prayer. 

(See Ordinances of the Church, 
p. 155.) 

XIII. Times of Prayer. 

Ps. 5: 3. My voice shalt thou 
hear in the morning, O Lord, in the 
morning will I direct my prayer unto 
thee and look up. 

55 : 17. Evening and morning 
and at noon will I pray and cry 
aloud ; he shall hear my voice. 

119: 164. Seven times a day do 
I praise thee. 

Dan. 6: 10. He kneeled upon his 
knees three times in a day, and 
prayed and gave thanks. 

1 Peter 4: 7. Be sober and watch 
unto prayer. 

Acts 3:1. Peter and John went 
up together into the temple at the 
hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. 
(Three P. M.) 

XIV. Occasional Prayers. 

1. Dedication. 

1 Kings 8: 22. And Solomon 
stood before the altar of the Lord, 
in the presence of all the congrega- 
tion of Israel, and spread forth his 



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hands towards heaven: and he said, 
Lord God of Israel, there is no God 
like thee, in heaven above, or on 
earth beneath, who keepest cove- 
nant and mercy with thy servants 
that walk before thee with all their 
heart; who hast kept with thy 
servant David my father that thou 
promisedst him: thou spakest also 
with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it 
with thine hand, as it is this day. 
Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, 
keep with thy servant David my 
father that thou promisedst him, 
saying, There shall not fail thee a 
man in my sight to sit on the throne 
of Israel: so that thy children take 
heed to their way, that they walk 
before me as thou hast walked be- 
fore me. 

IF And now, O God of Israel, let 
thy word, I pray thee, be verified, 
which thou spakest unto thy servant 
David my father. But will God 
indeed dwell on the earth? behold, 
the heaven and heaven of heavens 
cannot contain thee ; how much less 
this house that I have builded? Yet 
have thou respect unto the prayer 
of thy servant, and to his supplica- 
tion, O Lord my God, to hearken 
unto the cry and to the prayer which 
thy servant prayeth before thee to- 
day: that thine eyes maybe open 
toward this house night and day, 
even toward the place of which thou 
hast said, My name shall be there: 
that thou mayest hearken unto the 
prayer which thy servant shall make 
toward this place. And hearken 
thou to the supplication of thy ser- 
vant, and of thy people Israel, when 
they shall pray toward this place: 
and hear thou in heaven thy dwell- 
ing-place: and when thou nearest, 
forgive. If any man trespass against 
his neighbor, and an oath be laid 
upon him to cause him to swear, 
and the oath come before thine altar 
in this house: then hear thou in 
heaven, and do, and judge thy ser- 
vants, condemning the wicked, to 
bring his way upon his head ; and 
justifying the righteous, to give 
him according to his righteousness. 
When thy people Israel be smitten 
down before the enemy, because 
they have sinned against thee, and 
shall turn again to thee, and confess 
thy name, and pray, and make sup- 
plication unto thee in this house: 



then hear thou in heaven, and for- 
give the sin of thy people Israel, and 
bring them again unto the land 
which thou gavest unto their fathers. 
When heaven is shut up, and there 
is no rain, because they have sinned 
against thee; if they pray towards 
this place, and confess thy name, 
and turn from their sin, when thou 
afflictest them: then hear thou in 
heaven, and forgive the sin of thy 
servants, and of thy people Israel, 
that thou teach them the good way 
wherein they should walk, and give 
rain upon thy land, which thou hast 
given to thy people for an inheri- 
tance. 

1F If there be in the land fam- 
ine, if there be pestilence, blasting, 
mildew, locust, or if there be cater- 
pillar; if their enemy besiege them 
in the land of their cities ; whatso- 
ever plague, whatsoever sickness, 
there be; what prayer and supplica- 
tion soever be made by any man, or 
by all thy people Israel, which shall 
know every man the plague of his 
own heart, and spread forth his 
hands towards this house: then hear 
thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, 
and forgive, and do, and give to 
every man according to his ways, 
whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, 
even thou only, knowest the hearts 
of all the children of men ;) that they 
may fear thee all the days that they 
live in the land which thou gavest 
unto our fathers. Moreover con- 
cerning a stranger, that is not of thy 
people Israel, but cometh out of a 
far country for thy name's sake; 
(for they shall hear of thy great 
name, and of thy strong hand, and 
of thy stretched-out arm:) when he 
shall come and pray towards this 
house : hear thou in heaven thy 
dwelling-place, and do according to 
all that the stranger calleth to thee 
for: that all people of jhe earth may 
know thy name to fear thee, as do 
thy people Israel; and that they may 
know that this house, which I have 
builded, is called by thy name. If 
thy people go out to battle agains{ 
their enemy, whithersoever thou 
shalt send them, and shalt pray unto 
the Lord, toward the city which 
thou hast chosen, and toward the 
house that I have built for thy name : 
then hear thou in heaven their pray- 
er and their supplication, and main- 



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tain thei r cause. If they sin against 
thee, (for there is no man that sin- 
neth not,) and thou be angry with 
them, and deliver them to the ene- 
my, so that they carry them away 
captives unto the land of the enemy, 
far or near; yet if they shall bethink 
themselves in the land whither they 
were carried captives, and repent, 
and make supplication unto thee 
in the land of them that carried 
them captives, saving, We have 
sinned, and have done perversely, 
we have committed wickedness: 
and so return unto thee with 
all their heart, and with all their 
soul, in the land of their enemies, 
which led them away captive, and 
pray unto thee toward their land, 
which thou gavest unto their fathers, 
the city which thou hast chosen, and 
the house which I have built for thy 
name: then hear thou their prayer 
and their supplication in heaven thy 
dwelling-place, and maintain their 
cause. And forgive thy people that 
have sinned against thee, and all 
their transgressions wherein they 
have transgressed against thee, and 
give them compassion before them 
who carried them captive, that they 
may have compassion on them: for 
they be thy people, and thine inher- 
itance, which thou broughtest forth 
out of Egypt, from the midst of the 
furnace of iron: that thine eyes may 
be open unto the supplication of thy 
servant, and unto the supplication of 
thy people Israel, to hearken unto 
them in all that they call for unto 
thee. For thou didst separate them 
from among all the people of the 
earth, to be thine inheritance, as 
thou spakest by the hand of Moses 
thy servant, when thou broughtest 
our fathers out of Egypt, Lord 
God. 

2. The Savior's Prayer at the Com- 
munion Table. 

John 17: 1. These words spake 
Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to 
heaven, and said, Father, the hour 
is come; glorify thy Son, that thy 
Son also may glorify-thee : as thou 
hast given him power overall flesh, 
that he should give eternal life to as 
many as thou hast given him. And 
this is life eternal, that they might 
know thee, the only true God, and 
Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 



I have glorified thee on the earth: I 
have finished the work which thou 
gavest me to do. And now, Fa- 
ther, glorify thou me with thine own 
self with the glory which J. had with 
thee before the world was. I have 
manifested thy name unto the men 
which thou gavest me out of the 
world: thine they were, and thou 
gavest them me; and they have kept 
thy word. Now they have known 
that all things, whatsoever thou 
hast given rne, are of thee: for I 
have given unto them the words 
which thou gavest me ; and they 
have received them, and have known 
surely that I came out from thee, 
and they have believed that thou 
didst send me. I pray for them: I 
pray not for the world, but for them 
which thou hast given me; for they 
are thine. And all mine are thine, 
and thine are mine; and I am glori- 
fied in them. And now I am no 
more in the world, but these are in 
the world, and I come to thee. Holy 
Father, keep through thine own 
name those whom thou hast given 
me, that they may be one, as we 
are. While I was with them in the 
world, I kept them in thy name: 
those that thou gavest me I have 
kept, and none of them is lost, but 
the son of perdition ; that the scrip- 
ture might be fulfilled. And now 
come I to thee; and these things I 
speak in the world, that they might 
have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 
I have given them thy word; and the 
world hath hated them, because 
they are not of the world, even as I 
am not of the world. I pray not 
that thou shouldest take them out of 
the world, but that thou shouldest 
keep them from the evil. They are 
not of the world, even as I am not 
of the world. Sanctify them through 
thy truth: thy word is truth. 

IT As thou hast sent me into the 
world, even so have I also sent them 
into the world. And for their sakes 
I sanctify myself, that they also 
might be sanctified through the 
truth. Neither pray I for these 
alone, but for them also which shall 
believe on me through their word; 
that they all may be one; as thou, 
Father, art in me, and I in thee, that 
they also may be one in us: that the 
world may believe that thou hast 
sent me. And the glory which thou 



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gavest me I have given them ; that 
they may be one, even as we are 
one: I in them, and thou in me, that 
they may be made perfect in one; 
and that the world may know that 
thou hast sent me, and hast loved 
them, as thou hast loved me. Fa- 
ther, I will that they also whom thou 
hast given me be with me where I 
am; that they may behold my glory, 
which thou hast given me: for thou 
lovedst me before the foundation of 
the world. O righteous Father, the 
world hath not known thee: but I 
have known thee, and these have 
known that thou hast sent me. And 
I have declared unto them thy name, 
and will declare it; that the love 
wherewith thou hast loved me may 
be in them, and I in them. 

3. Prayer for Deliverance from Dis- 
tress. 

Dan. 9: 8. And I set my face un- 
to the Lord God, to seek by prayer 
and supplications, with fasting, and 
sackcloth, and ashes: and I prayed 
unto the Lord my God, and made 
my confession, and said, O Lord, 
the great and dreadful God, keeping 
the covenant and mercy to them 
that love him, and to them that keep 
his commandments; we havesinned, 
and have committed iniquity, and 
have done wickedly, and have re- 
belled, even by departing from thy 
precepts, and from thy judgments: 
neither have we hearkened unto thy 
servants the prophets, which spake 
in thy name to our kings, our 
princes, and our fathers, and to all 
the people of the land. Lord, 
righteousness belongeth unto thee; 
but unto us confusion of faces, as at 
this day; to the men of Judah, and 
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and 
unto all Israel, that are near, and 
that are far off, through all the 
countries whither thou hast driven 
them, because of their trespass that 
they have trespassed against thee. 
O Lord, to us belongeth confusion 
of face, to our kings, to our princes, 
and to our fathers, because we have 
sinned against thee. To the Lord 
our God belong mercies and forgive- 
nesses, though we have rebelled 
against him : neither have we obeyed 
the voice of the Lord our God, to 
walk in his laws, which he set be- 
fore us by his servants the prophets. 



Yea, all Israel have transgressed 
thy law, even by departing, that they 
might not obey thy voice; therefore 
the curse is poured upon us, and the 
oath that is written in the law of 
Moses the servant of God, because 
we have sinned against him. And 
he hath confirmed his words, which 
he spake against us, and against our 
judges that judged us, by bringing 
upon us a great evil: for under the 
whole heaven hath not been done as 
hath been done upon Jerusalem. As 
it is written in the law of Moses, all 
this evil is come upon us: yet made 
we not our prayer before the Lord 
our God, that we might turn from 
our iniquities, and understand thy 
truth. Therefore hath the Lord 
watched upon the evil, and brought 
it upon us: for the Lord our God is 
righteous in all his works which he 
doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. 
And now, Lord our God, that 
hast brought thy people forth out of 
the land of Egypt with a mighty 
hand, and hast gotten thee renown, 
as at this day ; we have sinned, we 
have done wickedly. O Lord, ac- 
cording to all thy righteousness, I 
beseech thee, let thine anger and 
thy fury be turned away from thy 
city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain:, 
because for our sins, and for the 
iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem 
and thy people are become a re- 
proach to all that are about us, 
Now therefore, our God, hear the 
prayer of thy servant, and his sup- 
plications, and cause thy face to 
shine upon thy sanctuary that is 
desolate for the Lord's sake. my 
God, incline thine ear, and hear; 
open thine eyes, and behold our des- 
olations, and the city which is called 
by thy name: for we do not present 
our supplications before thee for 
our righteousnesses, but for thy 
great mercies. O Lord, hear; O 
Lord, forgive; Lord, hearken and 
do; defer not, for thine own sake, O 
my God: for thy city and thy people 
are called by thy name. 

4. Penitential Prayer. 

Ps. 51: 1. Have mercy upon me, 
God, according to thy loving- 
kindness; according unto the multi- 
tude of thy tender mercies blot out 
my transgressions. Wash me thor- 
oughly from mine iniquity, and 



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cleanse me from my sin. For I ac- I 
knowledge my transgressions; and ! 
my sin is ever before me. Against 
thee, thee only, have I sinned, and 
done this evil in thy sight; that thou 
mightest be justified when thou 
speakest, and be clear when thou 
judgest. Behold, I was shapen in ; 
iniquity; and in sin did my mother 
conceive me. Behold, thou desirest 
truth in the inward parts; and in the ! 
hidden part thou shalt make me to 
know wisdom. Purge me with hys- i 
sop, and I shall be clean; wash me, 
and I shall be whiter than snow. 
Make me to hear joy and gladness; 
that the bones which thou hast bro- 
ken may rejoice. Hide thy face 
from my sins, and blot out all mine 
iniquities. Create in me a clean 
heart, O God; and renew a right 
spirit within me. Cast me not away 
from thy presence; and take not thy 
Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto 
me the joy of thy salvation ; and up- 
hold me with thy free Spirit: then 
will I teach transgressors thy ways; 
and sinners shall be converted unto 
thee. Deliver me from blood-guilti- 
ness, O God, thou God of my salva- 
tion; and my tongue shall sing aloud 
of thy righteousness. O Lord, 
open thou my lips ; and my mouth 
shall show forth thy praise. For 
thou desirest not sacrifice, else would 
I give it : thou delightest not in 
burnt-offering. The sacrifices of 
God are a broken spirit: a broken 
and a contrite heart, O God, thou 
wilt not despise. Do good in thy 
good pleasure unto Zion : build thou 
the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt 
thou be pleased with the sacrifices 
of righteousness, with burnt-offering, 
and whole burnt-offering: then shall 
they offer bullocks upon thine al- 
tar. 



§8. 



CONFIDENCE IN GOD. 



2 Chron. 20: 20. Hear me, Ju- 
dah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusa- 
lem. Believe in the Lord your God, 
so shall ye be established ; believe 
his prophets, so shall ye prosper. 

Mat. 9: 18. While he spake these 
things unto them, behold, there came 
a certain ruler, and worshipped him, 
saying, My daughter is even now 
dead: but come and lay thy hand 



upon her, and she shall live. - And 
Jesus arose, and followed him, and 
so did his disciples. 

And behold, a woman, which was 
diseased with an issue of blood 
twelve years, came behind him, and 
touched the hem of his garment. 
For she said within herself, If 
I may but touch his garment, I 
shall be whole. But Jesus turned 
him about, and when he saw her, 
he said, Daughter, be of good com- 
fort : thy faith hath made thee whole. 
And the woman was made whole 
from that hour. 

And when Jesus came into the ru- 
ler's house, and saw the minstrels 
and the people making a noise, he 
said unto them, Give place : for the 
maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And 
they laughed him to scorn. But when 
the people were put forth, he went 
in, and took her by the hand: and 
the maid arose. And the fame here- 
of went abroad into all that land. 

13: 58. He did not many mighty 
works there, because of their unbe- 
lief. 

15: 21. Then Jesus went thence, 
and departed into the coasts of Tyre 
and Sidon. And behold, a woman of 
Canaan came out of the same coasts, 
and cried unto him, saying, Have 
mercy on me, Lord, thou Son of 
David ; my daughter is grievously 
vexed with a devil. But he answer- 
ed her not a word. And his disciples 
came and besought him, saying, 
Send her away ; for she crieth after 
us. But he answered and said, I am 
not sent but unto the lost sheep of 
the house of Israel. Then came she 
and worshipped him, saying, Lord, 
help me. But he answered and said, 
It is not meet to take the children's 
bread and to cast it to dogs. And 
she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs 
eat of the crumbs which fall from 
their master's table. Then Jesus an- 
swered and said unto her, O woman ! 
great is thy faith: be it unto thee 
even as thou wilt. And her daughter 
was made whole from that very 
hour. 

IT 17 : 14. And when they were 
come to the multitude, there came 
to him a certain man kneeling down 
to him, and saying, Lord, have mer- 
cy on my son ; for he is lunatic, 
and sore vexed ; for oft-times he 
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water. And I brought him to thy j 
disciples, and they could not cure ! 
him. Then Jesus answered and i 
said, faithless and perverse gen- \ 
eration! how long shall I be with 
you ? how long shall I suffer you ? 
bring him hither to me. And Jesus 
rebuked the devil, and he departed 
out of him: and the child was cured 
from that very hour. Then came 
the disciples to Jesus apart, and said. 
Why could not we cast him out ? 
And Jesus said unto them, Because 
of your unbelief: for verily I say 
unto you, If ye have faith as a grain 
of mustard-seed, ye shall say unto 
this mountain, Remove hence to 
yonder place ; and it shall remove: 
and nothing shall be impossible unto 
you. Howbeit this kind goeth not 
out but by prayer and fasting. 

Mark 11: 20. And in the morn- 
ing, as they passed by, they saw the 
fig-tree dried up from the roots. 
And Peter, calling to remembrance, 
saith unto him, Master, behold, the 
fig-tree which thou cursedst is with- 
ered away. And Jesus answering, 
saith unto them, Have faith in God. 
For verily I say unto you, That 
whosoever shall say unto this moun- 
tain, Be thou removed, and be thou 
cast into the sea ; and shall not doubt 
in his heart, but shall believe that 
those things which he saith shall 
come to pass ; he shall have what- 
soever he saith. Therefore I say un- 
to you, What things soever ye de- 
sire, when ye pray, believe that ye 
receive them, and ye shall have them. 
Luke 17: 5. And the Apostles said 
unto the Lord, Increase our faith. 
And the Lord said, If ye had faith 
as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might 
say unto this sycamine-tree, Be thou 
plucked up by the root, and be thou 
planted in the sea ; and it should 
obey you. 

John 11 : 40. Jesus saith unto her, 
Said I not unto thee, that if thou 
wouldest believe, thou shouldest see 
the glory of God ? Then they took 
away the stone from the place where 
the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted 
up his eyes, and said, Father, I 
thank thee that thou hast heard me: 
and I knew that thou hearest me al- 
ways : but because of the people 
which stand by, I said it, that they 
may believe that thou hast sent me. 
And when he thus had spoken, he 
cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, 



come forth ! And he that was dead 
came forth, bound hand and foot 
with grave-clothes: and his face was 
bound about with a napkin. Jesus 
saith unto them, Loose him, and let 
him go. 

IT Then many of the Jews which 
came to Mary, and had seen the 
things which Jesus did, believed on 
him. But some of them went their 
ways to the Pharisees, and told them 
what things Jesus had done. 

Rom. 3: 3. For what if some did 
not believe ? shall their unbelief 
make the faith of God without ef- 
fect ? God forbid: yea, let God be 
true, but every man a liar ; as it is 
written, 

That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, 

And mightest overcome when thou art judged. 

Ps. 51:4. 

Eph. 6: 16. Above all, taking the 
shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be 
able to quench all the fiery darts of 
the wicked. 

James 1:5. If any of you lack 
wisdom, let him ask of God, that 
giveth to all men liberally, and up- 
braideth not ; and it shall be given 
him. But let him ask in faith, noth- 
ing wavering ; for he that wavereth 
is like a wave of the sea, driven with 
the wind and tossed. For let not 
that man think that he shall receive 
any thing of the Lord. A double- 
minded man is unstable in all his 
ways. 

1 Pet. 1 : 8. Whom having not 
seen, ye love ; in whom, though now 
ye see him not, yet believing, ye re- 
joice with joy unspeakable, and full 
of glory, receiving the end of your 
faith, even the salvation of your 
souls. Of which salvation the proph- 
ets have inquired and searched dili- 
gently: who prophesied of the grace 
that should come unto you: search- 
ing what, or what manner of time 
the Spirit of Christ which was in 
them did signify, when it testified 
beforehand the sufferings of Christ, 
and the glory that should follow. 

Mat. 6: 25. Therefore I say unto 
you, Take no thought for your life, 
what ye shall eat, or what ye shall 
drink ; nor yet for your body, what 
ye shall put on. Is not the life more 
than meat, and the body than rai- 
ment ? Behold the fowls of the air: 
for they sow not, neither do they 
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your heavenly Father feedeth them. 
Are ye not much better than they ? 
Which of you by taking thought can 
add one cubit unto his stature ? And 
why take ye thought for raiment ? 
Consider the lilies of the field, how 
they grow ; they toil not, neither do 
they spin ; and yet I say unto you, 
That even Solomon in all his glory, 
was not arrayed like one of these. 
Wherefore if God so clothe the grass 
of the field, which to-day is, and to- 
morrow is cast into the oven, shall 
he not much more clothe you, ye 
of little faith ? Therefore take no 
thought, saying what shall we eat, 
or what shall we drink, or where- 
withal shall we be clothed ? 

1f Luke 12: 6. Are not five spar- 
rows sold for two farthings, and not 
one of them is forgotten before God ? 
But even the very hairs of your head 
are all numbered. Fear not, there- 
fore : ye are of more value than many 
sparrows. Also I say unto you, 
Whosoever shall confess me before 
men, him shall the Son of man also 
confess before the angels of God. 

John 14: 1. Let not your heart 
be troubled: ye believe in God, be- 
lieve also in me. In my Father's 
house are many mansions : if it were 
not so, I would have told you. I go 
to prepare a place for you. And if I 
go and prepare a place for you, I 
will come again and receive you un- 
to myself; that where I am, there 
ye may be also. And whither I go, 
ye know, and the way ye know. — 
27. Peace I leave with you, my peace 
I give unto you : not as the world 
giveth, give I unto you. Let not 
your heart be troubled, neither let it 
be afraid. Ye have heard how I said 
unto you, I go away, and come again 
unto you. If ye loved me, ye would 
rejoice, because I said, I go unto the 
Father: for my Father is greater 
than I. And now I have told you be- 
fore it come to pass, that when it is 
come to pass, ye might believe. 
Hereafter I will not talk much with 
you : for the prince of this world 
cometh, and hath nothing in me. 
But that the world may know that I 
love the Father ; and as the Father 
gave me commandment, even so I 
do. Arise, let us go hence. 

2 Cor. 1 : 3. Blessed be God, even 
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
the Father of mercies, and the God 



of all comfort ; who comforteth us 
in all our tribulation, that we may 
be able to comfort them which are 
in any trouble, by the comfort where- 
with we ourselves are comforted of 
God: for as the sufferings of Christ 
abound in us, so our consolation also 
aboundeth by Christ. And whether 
we be afflicted, it is for your conso- 
lation and salvation, which is effec- 
tual in the enduring of the same suf- 
ferings which we also suffer : or 
whether we be comforted, it is for 
your consolation and salvation : and 
our hope of you is steadfast, know- 
ing, that as ye are partakers of the 
sufferings, so shall ye be also of the 
consolation. For we would not, breth- 
ren, have you ignorant of our trouble 
which came to us in Asia, that we 
were pressed out of measure, above 
strength, insomuch that we despair- 
ed even of life : but we had the sen- 
tence of death in ourselves, that we 
should not trust in ourselves, but in 
God which raiseth the dead: who 
delivered us from so great a death, 
and doth deliver : in whom we trust 
that he will yet deliver us : ye also 
helping together by prayer for us, 
that for the gift bestowed upon us 
by the means of many persons, 
thanks may be given by many on 
our behalf. 

If 2 Tim. 1:12. For the which cause 
I also suffer these things: neverthe- 
less I am not ashamed: for I know 
whom I have believed, and am per- 
suaded that he is able to keep that 
which I have committed unto him 
against that day. 

1 Pet. 4:19. Wherefore, let them, 
that suffer according to the will of 
God, commit the keeping of their 
souls to him in well-doing, as unto a 
faithful Creator. 

2 Pet. 1: 1. Simon Peter, a ser- 
vant and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, 
to them that have obtained like pre- 
cious faith with us, through the right- 
eousness of God and our Savior Je- 
sus Christ : Grace and peace be 
multiplied unto you, through the 
knowledge of God, and of Jesus our 
Lord. 

According as his divine power 
hath given unto us all things that 
pertain unto life and godliness, 
through the knowledge of him that 
hath called us to glory and virtue : 
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ing great and precious promises: 
that by these ye might be partakers 
of the divine nature, having escaped 
the corruption that is in the world 
through lust. 

Rev. 2: 8. And unto the Angel of 
the church in Smyrna write: These 
things saith the first and the last, 
which was dead, and is alive ; I 
know thy works, and tribulation, and 
poverty, (but thou art rich,) and I 
know the blasphemy of them which 
say they are Jews, and are not, but 
are the synagogue of Satan. Fear 
none of those things which thou 
shall suffer. Behold,' the Devil shall 
cast some of you into prison, that 
ye may be tried ; and ye shall have 
tribulation ten days. Be thou faith- 
ful unto death, and I will give thee 
a crown of life. He that hath an ear, 
let him hear what the Spirit saith 
unto the churches ; He that over- 
cometh. shall not be hurt of the sec- 
ond death. 

Hab. 3: 17. Although the fig-tree 
shall not blossom, neither shall fruit 
be in the vine ; the labor of the 
olive shall fail, and the fields shall 
yield ho meat ; the flocks shall be 
cut off from the fold, and there shall 
be no herd in the stalls: yet I will 
rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in 
the God of my salvation. The Lord 
God is my strength, and he will 
make my feet like hinds' feet, and 
he will make me to walk upon mine 
high places. 

IT Isa. 26: 1. In that day shall this 
song be sung in the land of Judah ; 
We have a strong city ; salvation 
will God appoint for walls and bul- 
warks. Open ye the gates, that the 
righteous nation which keepeth the 
truth may enter in. Thou wilt keep 
him in perfect peace, whose mind 
is stayed on thee: because he trust- 
eth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord 
forever: for in the Lord JEHO- 
VAH is everlasting strength: for he 
bringeth down them that dwell on 
high ; the lofty city, he layeth it 
low ; he layeth it low, even to the 
ground ; he bringeth it even to the 
dust. The foot shall tread it down, 
even the feet of the poor, and the 
steps of the needy. The way of the 
just is uprightness: thou, Most Up- 
right, dost weigh the path of the just. 
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, 
Lord, have we waited for thee ; 
26 



I the desire of our soul is to thy name, 
I and to the remembrance of thee. 
! With my soul have I desired thee in 
| the night ; yea, with my spirit with- 
in me will I seek thee early. 

Heb. 11: 1. Now faith is the 
substance of things hoped for, the 
evidence of things not seen : for by 
it'the elders obtained a good report. 
Through faith wc understand that 
the worlds were framed by the word 
of God, so that things which are 
seen were not made of things which 
do appear. By faith Abel offered 
unto God a more excellent sacrifice 
than Cain, by which he obtained 
witness that he was righteous, God 
testifying of his gifts ; and by it he 
being dead yet speaketh. By faith 
Enoch was translated, that he should 
not see death ; and was not found, 
because God had translated him ; 
for before his translation he had this 
testimony, that he pleased God. But 
without faith it is impossible to 
please him: for he that cometh to 
God must believe that he is, and 
that he is a rewarder of them that 
I diligently seek him. By faith Noah, 
| being warned of God of things not 
I seen as yet, moved with fear, pre- 
I pared an ark to the saving of his 
i house ; by the which he condemned 
the world, and became heir of the 
righteousness which is by faith. By 
faith Abraham, when he was called 
I to go out into a place which he 
should after receive for an inherit- 
ance, obeyed ; and he went out, not 
knowing whither he went. By faith 
| he sojourned in the land of promise, 
as in a strange country, dwelling in 
tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, 
the heirs with him of the same 
promise: for he looked for a city 
which hath foundations, whose 
builder and maker is God. Through 
faith also Sarah herself received 
strength to conceive seed, and was 
delivered of a child when she was 
past age, because she judged him 
faithful who had promised. There- 
fore sprang there even of one, and 
him as good as dead, so many as the 
stars of the sky in multitude, and as 
the sand which is by the sea-shore 
innumerable. These all died in 
faith, not having received the prom- 
ises, but having seen them afar off, 
and were persuaded of them, and 
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they were strangers and pilgrims, on 
the earth. For they that say such 
things declare plainly that they seek 
a country. And truly, if they had 
been mindful of that country from 
whence they came out, they might 
have had opportunity to have re- 
turned. But now they desire a better 
country, that is, an heavenly : where- 
fore God is not ashamed to be called 
their God: for he hath prepared for 
them a city. By faith Abraham, 
when he was tried, offered up Isaac: 
and he that had received the promises 
offered up his only-begotten son, of 
whom it was said, That in Isaac 
shall thy seed be called ; accounting 
that God was able to raise him up, 
even from the dead ; from whence 
also he received him in a figure. 

If By faith Isaac blessed Jacob 
and Esau concerning things to come. 
By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, 
blessed both the sons of Joseph ; and 
worshipped, leaning upon the top of 
his staff. By faith Joseph, when he 
died, made mention of the departing 
of the children of Israel ; and gave 
commandment concerning his bones. 
By faith Moses, when he was born, 
was hid three months of his parents, 
because they saw he was a proper 
child; and they were not afraid of 
the king's commandment. By faith 
Moses, when he was come to years, 
refused to be called the son of Pha- 
raoh's daughter ; choosing rather to 
suffer affliction with the people of 
God, than to enjoy the pleasures of 
sin for a season ; esteeming the re- 
proach of Christ greater riches than 
the treasures in Egypt: for he had 
respect unto the recompense of the 
reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, 
not fearing the wrath of the king: 
for he endured, as seeing him who is 
invisible. Through faith he kept 
the passover, and the sprinkling of 
blood, lest he that destroyed the first- 
born should touch them. By faith 
they passed through the Red sea as 
by dry land: which the Egyptians 
assaying to do were drowned. By 
faith the walls of Jericho fell down, 
after they were compassed about 
seven days. By faith the harlot 
Rahab perished not with them that 
believed not, when she had received 
the spies with peace. And what 
shall 1 more say? for the time would 
fail me to tell of Gedcon, and of 



Barak, and of Samson, and of Jep- 
thae, of David also, and Samuel, 
and of the prophets: who through 
faith subdued kingdoms, wrought 
righteousness, obtained promises, 
stopped the mouths of lions, quench- 
ed the violence of fire, escaped the 
edge of the sword, out of weakness 
were made strong, waxed valiant in 
fight, turned to flight the armies of 
the aliens: women received their 
dead raised to life again : and others 
were tortured, not accepting deliver- 
ance ; that they might obtain a better 
resurrection: and others had trial of 
cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, 
moreover, of bonds and imprison- 
ment: they were stoned, they were 
sawn asunder, were tempted, were 
slain with the sword: they wandered 
about in sheep-skins and goat-skins ; 
being destitute, afflicted, tormented; 
(of whom the world was not worthy :) 
they wandered in deserts, and in 
mountains, and in dens, and caves of 
the earth. And these all, having ob- 
tained a good report through faith, 
received not the promise : God hav- 
ing provided some better thing for us, 
that they without us should not be 
made perfect. 

Wherefore, seeing we also are 
compassed about with so great a 
cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside 
every weight, and the sin which doth 
so easily beset us, and let us run 
with patience the race that is set 
before us, looking unto Jesus, the 
author and finisher of our faith ; 
who, for the joy that was set before 
him, endured the cross, despising the 
shame, and is set down at the right 
hand of the throne of God. For 
consider him that endured such con- 
tradiction of sinners against himself, 
lest ye be wearied and faint in your 
minds. 

If 1 John 5: 10. He that believeth 
the Son of God hath the witness in 
himself: he that believeth not God, 
hath made him a liar, because he 
believeth not the record that God 
gave of his Son. And this is the 
record, that God hath given to us 
eternal life: and this life is in his 
Son. He that hath the Son, hath 
life ; and he that hath not the Son 
of God, hath not life. 

Job 13: 15. Though he slay me, 
yet will I trust in him. 

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liveth, and that he shall stand at the 
latter day upon the earth. And 
though after my skin worms destroy 
the body; yet in my flesh shall I see 
God. 

Ps. 4:8. I will lay me down in 
peace and sleep; for thou, Lord, on- 
ly makest me dwell in safety. 

5: 11. Let all them that put their 
trust in thee rejoice: let them shout 
for joy, because thou defendestthem. 
Let them also that love thy name, 
be joyful in thee. For thou, Lord, 
wilt bless the righteous; with favor 
wilt thou compass him as with a 
shield. 

7:10. My defence is of God, who 
saveth the upright in heart. 

9: 9. The Lord also will be a re- 
fuge for the oppressed, a refuge in 
time of trouble; and they that know 
thy name will put their trust in thee. 
For thou Lord hast not forsaken 
them that seek thee. 

11:1. In the Lord put I my trust; 
why say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird 
to your mountain? 

16:8. I have set the Lord always 
before me; because he is at my right 
hand, I shall not be moved. 

18: 1. I will love thee, O Lord, 
my strength. The Lord is my 
rock, and my fortress, and my de- 
liverer; my God, my strength, in 
whom I trust; my buckler, and the 
horn of my salvation, and my high 
tower. 1 will call upon the Lord, 
who is worthy to be praised. So 
shall I be saved from mine enemies. 
— 29. By thee I have run through a 
troop, and by my God have 1 leaped 
over a wall. As for God his way is 
perfect ; the word of the Lord is 
tried. 

20: 7. Some trust in chariots, and 
some in horses; but we will remem- 
ber the name of the Lord out- 
God. 

IF 23: 1. The Lord is my shep- 
herd, I shall not want. He maketh 
me to lie down in green pastures, 
and leadeth me beside the still wa- 
ters. He restoreth my soul. He 
leadeth me in the path of righteous- 
ness, for his name's sake. Yea, 
though I walk through the valley of 
the shadow of death, I will fear no 
evil; for thou art with me . . . thou 
preparest a table before me in the 
presence of my enemies. 

25: 1. Unto thee, O Lord, do I 



lift up my soul: my God, I trust in 
thee: let me not be ashamed, let not 
my enemies triumph over me. 

27: 1. The Lord is my light and 
my salvation: whom shall 1 fear? 
The Lord is the strength of my life, 
of whom shall I be afraid? — 10. 
When my father and my mother for- 
sake me, then the Lord will take 
me up. 

31 : 1. In thee, Lord, do I put 
my trust ; let me never be ashamed. 
— 14. I trusted in thee, O Lord, I 
said thou art my God. 

32: 10. He that trusteth in the 
Lord, mercy shall compass him 
about. 

37 : 3. Trust in the Lord and do 
good, so shalt thou dwell in the land, 
and verily thou shalt be fed. De- 
light thyself in the Lord, and he 
shall give thee the desire of thy 
heart. Commit thy way unto the 
Lord; trust also in him, and he shall 
bring it to pass. — 7. Rest in the 
Lord, and wait patiently for him; 
fret not thyself because of him who 
prospereth in his way, because of the 
man who bringeth wicked devices 
to pass. ' 

55: 22. Cast thy burthen upon the 
Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he 
shall never suffer the righteous to be 
moved. 

56: 4. In God I have put my trust: 
I will not be afraid what man can do 
unto me. 

73; 26. My flesh and my heart 
faileth, but God is the strength of 
my heart, and my portion forever. 

IT .91; 2. I will say of the Lord, He 
is my refuge and my fortress; my 
God, in hira will I trust. Surely he 
shall deliver thee from the snare of 
the fowler, and from the noisome 
pestilence; he shall cover thee with 
his feathers, and under his shadow 
shalt thou trust. . . . Thou shalt not 
be afraid for the terror, nor for the 
arrow that flieth by day, nor for the 
pestilence that walketh in darkness; 
nor for the destruction that wasteth 
at noon day. A thousand shall fall 
at thy side, and ten thousand at thy 
right* hand; but it shall not come 
nigh thee ; because thou hast made the 
Lord, who is my refuge, even the 
most high, thy habitation : . . . there 
shall no evil befal thee, neither shall 
any plague come near thy dwell-? 
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125: 1. They that trust in the 
Lord shall be as mount Zion which 
cannot be removed, but abideth for- 
ever. 

Isa. 26: 3, Thou wilt keep him in 
perfect peace whose mind is staid 
on thee; because hetrusteth in thee. 
Trust ye in the Lord forever; for in 
the Lord Jehovah is everlasting 
strength. 

Nahum 1: 7. The Lord is good; 
a strong hold in the day of trouble; 
and he knoweth them that trust in 
him. 

(See Conditions with which the Sin- 
ner must comply. Chap. II. 
Faith.) 



§ 9. MORAL COURAGE. 

Mat. 10: 28. Fear not them that 
kill the body, and are not able to kill 
the soul; but rather fear him which 
is able to destroy both soul and body 
in hell. — 37. He that loveth father 
or mother more than me, is not 
worthy of me, and he that loveth 
son or daughter more than me is nut 
worthy of me and he that takcth 
not his cross, and folio weth after me, 
is not worthy of me. He that find- 
eth his life shall lose it; and he that 
loseth his life for my sake shall find 
it. 

Dan. 3: 16. We are not careful 
to answer thee in this matter ; if it 
be so, our God whom we serve is 
able to deliver us from the burning 
fiery furnace; and he will deliver us 
out of thy hand, O king. But if not, 
be it known unto thee, king, that 
we will not serve thy gods, nor wor- 
ship thy golden image which thou 
hast set up. 

John 2: 15. When he had made a 
scourge of small cords, he drove 
them all out of the temple, and the 
sheep, and the oxen, and poured out 
the changers' money, and overthrew 
the tables, and said unto them that 
sold doves, Take these things hence, 
make not my Father's house an 
house of merchandise. 

Acts 2:22. Yemen of Israel, hear 
these words, Jesus of Nazareth, a 
man approved of God, among you 
, . . him ye have taken, and by wick- 
fid hands have crucified and slain. — 
36. God hath made that same Jesus, 



whom ye have crucified, both Lord 
and Christ. 

Acts 3: 14. Ye denied the Holy 
One and the Just, and desired a 
murderer to be granted unto you, 
and killed the Prince of Life, 
whom God hath raised from the 
dead. 

4: 8. Then Peter, filled with the 
Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye ru- 
lers of the people, and elders of Is- 
rael, if we this day be examined of 
the good deed done to the impotent 
man, by what means he is made 
whole; be it known unto you all, 
and to all the people of Israel, that 
by the name of Jesus Christ of Naz- 
areth, whom ye crucified, whom 
God raised from the dead, even by 
him doth this man stand here before 
you whole. This is the stone which 
was set at nought of you builders, 
which is become the head of the cor- 
ner. Neither is there salvation in 
any other: for there is none other 
name under heaven given among 
men, whereby we must be saved. 
Now, when they saw the boldness 
of Peter and John, and perceived 
that they were unlearned and igno- 
rant men, they marvelled ; and they 
took knowledge of them that they 
had been with Jesus. 

1F Acts 7: 51. Ye stiffnecked and 
uncircumcised in heart and ears: ye 
do always resist the Holy Ghost: as 
your fathers did, so do ye . . . they 
have slain the prophets, which pro- 
phesied before of the coming of the 
Just One, of whom ye have been now 
the betrayers and murderers. 

8: 4. They that were scattered 
abroad, went every where preaching 
the word. 

14: 22. They returned again to 
Lystra . . . confirming the souls of 
the disciples, and exhorting them to 
continue in the faith, and that we 
must through much tribulation en- 
ter into the kingdom of God. 

21: 13. Then Paul answered, 
What mean ye to weep, and to 
break my heart? for I am ready not 
to be bound only, but also to die at 
Jerusalem for the name of the Lord 
Jesus. And when he would not be 
persuaded, we ceased, saying, The 
will of the Lord be done. 

23: 3. God shall smite thee, thou 
whited wall : for sittest thou to judge 
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me to be smitten contrary to the 
law? 

84:24. And after certain days, 
when Felix came with his wifeDru- 
silla, which was a Jewess, he sent 
for Paul, and heard him concerning 
the faith in Christ. And as he rea- 
soned of righteousness, temperance, 
and judgment to come, Felix trem- 
bled, and answered, Go thy way for 
this time; when I have a convenient 
season, I will call for thee. 

2G: 24. And as he thus spake for 
himself, Festus said with a loud 
voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; 
much learning doth make thee mad! 
But he said, I am not mad, most no- 
ble Festus; but speak forth the words 
of truth and soberness. For the 
king knoweth of these things, before 
whom also I speak freely. For I 
am persuaded that none of these 
things are hidden from him; for this 
thing was not done in a corner. King 
Agrippa, believest thou the pro- 
phets? I know that thou believest. 
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Al- 
most thou persuadest me to be a 
Christian. And Paul said, I would 
to God, that not only thou, but also 
all that hear me this day, were both 
almost, and altogether such as lam, 
except these bonds. 

IT Gal. 2:11. But when Peter was 
come to Antioch, I withstood him to 
the face, because he was to be bla- 
med. For, before that certain came 
from James, he did eat with the 
Gentiles: but when they were come, 
he withdrew, and separated himself, 
fearing them which were of the cir- 
cumcision. And the other Jews dis- 
sembled likewise with him; inso- 
much that Barnabas also was car- 
ried away with their dissimulation. 
But when I saw that they walked 
not uprightly according to the truth 
of the gospel, I said unto Peter be- 
fore them all, If thou, being a Jew, 
livest after the manner of Gentiles, 
and not as do the Jews, why com- 
pellest thou the Gentiles to live as 
do the Jews? 

Phil. 1 : 27. Stand fast in one 
spirit with one mind, striving to- 
gether for the faith of the gospel, 
and in nothing terrified by your ad- 
versaries, which is to them an evi- 
dent token of perdition, but to you 
of salvation, and that of God. 
1 Thess. 2: 1. For yourselves, 



brethren, know our entrance in unto 
you, that it was not in vain: but 
even after that we had suffered be- 
fore, and were shamefully entreated, 
as ye know, at Philippi, we were 
bold in our God to speak unto you 
the gospel of God with much con- 
tention. For our exhortation was 
not of deceit, nor of unclean ness, 
nor in guile; but as we were allowed 
of God to be put in trust with the 
gospel, even so we speak; not as 
pleasing men, but God, which trieth 
our hearts. 

1 : 6. And ye became follow- 
ers of us and of the Lord, hav- 
ing received the word in much 
affliction, with joy of the Holy 
j Ghost: so that ye were en samples to 
all that believe in Macedonia and 
j Achaia. For from you sounded out 
I the word of the Lord not only in 
i Macedonia and Achaia, but also in 
every place your faith to God-ward 
is spread abroad : so that we need 
not to speak any thing. For they 
themselves show of us what manner 
of entering in we haJ unto you, and 
how ye turned to God from idols, to 
serve the living and true God; and 
to wait for his Son from heaven, 
whom he raised from the dead, even 
Jesus, which delivered us from the 
wrath to come. 



§ 10. WATCHFULNESS. 

Prov. 4: 23. Keep thy heart with 
all diligence, for out of It are the is- 
sues of life. 

Mat. 25: 13. Watch therefore, 
for ye know not the day nor the 
hour wherein the Son of man com- 
eth. — 29. For unto everyone that 
hath shall be given, and he shall 
have abundance; but from him that 
hath not shall be taken away even 
that which he hath. 

26: 33. Peter answered and said 
unto him, Though all men shall be 
offended because of thee, yet will 
I never be offended. Jesus said un- 
to him, Verily, I say unto thee, that 
this night, before the cock crow, 
thou shalt deny me thrice. Peter 
said unto him, Though I should die 
with thee, yet will not 1 deny thee. 
Likewise also said all the disci- 
ples. 

Mark 18: S3. Take ye heed, 



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watch and pray: for ye know not 
when the time is. For the Son of 
man is as a man taking a far jour- 
ney, who lefc his house, and gave 
authority to his servants, and to 
every man his work, and command- 
ed the porter to watch. Watch ye 
therefore; for ye know not when the 
master of the house cometh, at even, 
or at midnight, or at the cock-crow- 
ing, or in the morning: lest coming 
suddenly, he find you sleeping. And 
what I say unto you, I say unto all, 
Watch. 

Luke 12: 35. Let your loins be 
girded about, and your lights burn- 
ing; and ye yourselves like unto 
men that wait for their lord, when 
he will return from the wedding; 
that, when he cometh and knocketh, 
they may open unto him immediately. 
Blessed are those servants, whom 
the lord when he cometh shall find 
watching: verily, I say unto you, 
That he shall gird himself, and 
make them to sit down to meat, and 
will come forth and serve them. 
And if he shall come in the second 
watch, or come in the third watch, 
and find them so, blessed are those 
servants. And this know, that if 
the good man of the house had 
known what hour the thief would 
come, he would have watched, and 
not have suffered his house to be 
broken through. Be ye therefore 
ready also: for the Son of man com- 
eth at an hour when ye think not. 
Then Peter said unto him, Lord, 
speakest thou this parable unto us, 
or even to all? And the Lord said, 
Who then is that faithful and wise 
steward, whom his lord shall make 
ruler over his household, to give 
them their portion of meat in due 
season ? Blessed is that servant, 
whom his lord when he cometh shall 
find so doing. Of a truth I say unto 
you, That he will make him ruler 
over all that he hath. 

IT 1 Thess. 5: 4. But ye, breth- 
ren, are not in darkness, that that 
day should overtake you as a thief; 
ye are all the children of light, and 
the children of the flay : we are not 
of the night, nor of darkness. There- 
fore let us not sleep, as do others; 
but let us watch and be sober. For 
they that sleep, sleep in the night; 
and they that be drunken, are drunk- 
en in the night. But let us, who 



are of the day, be sober, putting on 
the breast-plate of faith and love; 
and for a helmet, the hope of salva- 
tion. For God hath not appointed 
us to wrath, but to obtain salvation 
by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died 
for us; that, whether we wake or 
sleep, we should live together with 
him. Wherefore, comfort yourselves 
together, and edify one another, 
even as also ye do. 

Mat. 24: 42. Watch, therefore, 
for ye know not what hour your 
Lord doth come. But know this, 
that if the good man of the house 
had known in what Avatch the thief 
would come, he would have watch- 
ed, and would not have suffered his 
house to be broken up. Therefore 
be ye also ready ; for in such an 
hour as ye think not, the Son of man 
cometh. 

Who then is a faithful and wise 
servant, whom his Lord hath made 
ruler over his household, to give 
them meat in due season ? blessed 
is that servant, whom his Lord, when 
he cometh, shall find so doing. Ver- 
ily I say unto you, that he shall 
make him ruler over all his -oods. 

Mark 14: 38. Watch and pray, 
lest ye enter into temptation. 

1 Cor. 16: 13. Watch ye, stand 
fast in the faith, quit you like men, 
be strong. 

2 Tim. 4: 5. Watch thou in all 
things. 

Rom. 13: 11. Now it is high time 
to awake out of sleep ; for now is 
our salvation nearer than when we 
believed. The night is far spent ; 
the day is at hand: let us therefore 
cast off the works of darkness: and 
let us put on the armor of light. 

Eph. 6: 10. Finally, my brethren, 
be strong in the Lord, and in the 
power of his might. Put on the 
whole armor of God, that ye may 
be able to stand against the wiles of 
the devil. — 14. Having your loins 
girt about with truth, and having on 
the breast-plate of righteousness, and 
your feet shod with the preparation 
of the gospel of peace. Above all, 
taking the shield of faith, wherewith 
ye shall be able to quench all the 
fiery darts of the wicked. And take 
the helmet of salvation, and the sword 
of the Spirit, which is the word of 
God; praying always, with all prayer 
and supplication in the Spirit, and 
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verance and supplication for all 
saints. 



§ 11. PERSEVERANCE — APOSTACY. 

John 8: 31. If ye continue in my 
word, then are ye my disciples in- 
deed. 

Rom. 8: 31. What shall we then 
say to these things ? If God be for 
us, who can be against us ? He that 
spared not his own Son, but deliver- 
ed him up for us all, how shall he 
not with him, also freely give us all 
things ? . . . Who shall separate us 
from the love of Christ ? Shall trib- 
ulation, or distress, or persecution, 
or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or 
sword ? . . . Nay, in all these things 
we are more than conquerors, 
through him that loved us. For I 
am persuaded, that neither death, 
nor life, nor angels, nor principali- 
ties, nor powers, nor things present, 
nor things to come: nor height, nor 
depth, nor any other creature, shall 
be able to separate us from the love 
of God, which is in Christ Jesus, our 
Lord. 

Gal. 4: 15. Where is then the 
blessedness ye spake of ? for I bear 
you record, that if it had been possi- 
ble, ye would have plucked out your 
own eyes, and have given them to 
me. Am I therefore become your 
enemy because I tell you the truth ? 
They zealously affect you, but not 
well ; yea, they would exclude you, 
that ye might affect them. But it is 
good to be zealously affected always 
in a good thing, and not only when 
I am present with you. 

Hee. 6: 9. But, beloved, we are 
persuaded better things of you, and 
things that accompany salvation, 
though we thus speak. For God is 
not unrighteous to forget your work 
and labor of love, which ye have 
showed towards his name, in that ye 
have ministered to the saints, and do 
minister. 

And we desire that every one of 
you do show the same diligence to 
the full assurance of hope unto the 
end: that ye be not slothful, but fol- 
lowers of them who through faith 
and patience inherit the promises. 

Mat. 24:13. He that shall endure 
unto the end, the same shall be sa- 
ved. 



IF Mark 4 : 16. These are they 
which are sown on stony ground ; 
who, when they have heard the 
word, immediately receive it with 
gladness, and have no root in them- 
selves, and so endure but for a 
time ; afterward, when affliction or 
persecution ariseth for the word's 
sake, immediately they are offend- 
ed. 

Rev. 2: 12. And to the Angel of 
the church in Pergamos write ; 
These things saith he which hath 
the sharp sword with two edges ; I 
know thy works, and where thou 
dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: 
and thou holdest fast my name, and 
hast not denied my faith, even in 
those days wherein Antipas was my 
faithful martyr, who was slain among 
you, where Satan dwelleth. — 13. 
And unto the Angel of the church 
in Thyatira write ; These things 
saith the Son of God, who hath 
his eyes like unto a flame of fire, 
and his feet are like fine brass ; 
I know thy works, and charity, and 
service, and faith, and thy patience, 
and thy works ; and the last to be 
more than the first. 

James 5: 7. Be patient therefore, 
brethren, unto the coming of the 
Lord. . . . Establish your hearts: for 
the coming of the Lord draweth 
nigh. . . . Take my brethren, the 
prophets, who have spoken in the 
name of the Lord, for an example 
of suffering affliction and of pa- 
tience. Behold, we count them hap- 
py which endure. Ye have heard of 
the patience of Job, and have seen 
the end of the Lord: that the Lord 
is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 

Jer. 2: 2. Thus saith the Lord, I 
remember thee ; the kindness of thy 
youth, the love of thine espousals, 
when thou wentest after me in the 
wilderness: in a land that was not 
sown. Israel was holiness to the 
Lord. — 5. What iniquity have 
your fathers found in me, that they 
are gone far from me, and have 
walked after vanity and are become 
vain ? Neither said they, Where is 
the Lord that brought us up out of 
the land of Egypt, through a land of 
deserts and of pits? . . . And I brought 
you into a plentiful country, to eat 
the fruit thereof and the goodness 
thereof; but when ye entered, ye 
defiled my land, and made mine her- 
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said not, Where is the Lord ? And 
they that handle the law, knew me 
not 5 the pastors also transgressed 
against me. — 11. Hath a nation 
changed their gods, which yet are 
no gods ? But my people have chang- 
ed their glory for that which doth 
not profit. Be ye astonished, ye 
heavens, at this, be ye horribly afraid, 
be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. 
For my people have committed two 
evils ; they have forsaken me, the 
fountain of living waters, and have 
hewed them out cisterns, broken cis- 
terns, that can hold no water. Is Is- 
rael a servant ? Is he a home-born 
slave ? Why then is he spoiled ? — 
17. Hast thou not procured this un- 
to thyself, in that thou hast forsaken 
the Lord thy God, when he led thee 
by the way ? — 19. Thine own wick- 
edness shall correct thee, and thy 
backslidings shall reprove thee. 
Know, therefore, and see that it is 
an evil thing and bitter, that thou 
hast forsaken the Lord thy God. — 
21. Yet I planted thee a noble vine, 
wholly a right seed.: how then art 
thou turned into the degenerate 
plant of a strange vine unto me ? 

1T Mat. 10: 22. He that endureth 

to the end, the same shall be saved. 

Rev. 2:10. Be thou faithful unto 

death, and I will give thee a crown 

of life. 

Gal. 6: 9. Let us not be weary 
in well doing ; for in due time we 
shall reap if we faint not. 

1 Cor. 15: 58. Therefore, my be- 
loved brethren, be ye steadfast, un- 
movable, always abounding in the 
work of the Lord ; forasmuch as ye 
know that your labor is not in vain 
in the Lord. 

Mat. 13: 20. He that received 
seed into stony places, the same is 
he that heareth the word, and anon 
with joy receiveth it ; yet hath he 
no root in himself, but endureth for 
a while ; for when tribulation or 
persecution ariseth because of the 
word, by and by he is offended. He 
also that received seed among thorns, 
is he that heareth the word ; and the 
cares of this world,-a#d the deceit- 
fulness of riches, choke the woid, 
and it becometh unfruitful. 

Luke 1 1 : 24. When the unclean 
spirit is gone out of a man, he walk- 
eth through dry places, seeking rest ; 
and finding none, he saith, 1 will re- 



turn unto my house whence I. came 
out. And when he cometh, he find- 
eth it swept and garnished. Then 
goeth he, and taketh to him seven 
other spirits more wicked than him- 
self; and they enter in, and dwell 
there : and the last state of that man 
is worse than the first. 

1 Tim. 4:1. Now the Spirit speak- 
eth expressly, that in the latter times 
some shall depart from the faith, 
giving heed to seducing spirits, and 
doctrines of devils, speaking lies in 
hypocrisy, having their conscience 
seared with a hotlron, forbidding to 
marry, and commanding to abstain 
from meats, which God hath created 
to be received with thanksgiving of 
them which believe and know the 
truth. For every creature of God is 
good, and nothing to be refused, if 
it be received with thanksgiving : for 
it is sanctified by the word of God, 
and prayer. 

2 Tim. 3:1. This know also, that 
in the last days perilous times shall 
come. For men shall be lovers of 
their own selves, covetous, boasters, 
proud, blasphemers, disobedient to 
parents, unthankful, unholy, without 
natural affection, truce-breakers, 
false accusers, incontinent, fierce, 
despisers of those that are good, 
traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers 
of pleasures more than lovers of 
God, having a form of godliness, but 
denying the power thereof : from 
such turn away. For of this sort are 
they which creep into houses, and 
lead captive silly women laden with 
sins, led away with divers lusts, 
ever learning, and never able to come 
to the knowledge of the truth. 

IT 2 Peter 2 : 20. For if after they 
have escaped the pollutions of the 
world through the knowledge of the 
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they 
are again entangled therein, and 
overcome, the latter end is worse 
with them than the beginning. For 
it had been better for them not to 
have known the way of righteous- 
ness, than, after they have known 
it, to turn from the holy command- 
ment delivered unto them. But it is 
happened unto them, according to 
the true proverb, 

'I he dog is turned to his own vomit again ; 

and, 

The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in 
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Rev. 2: 1. Unto the Angel of the 
church of Ephesus write ; These 
things saith he that holdeth the sev- 
en stars in his right hand, who walk- 
eth in the midst of the seven golden 
candlesticks ; I know thy works, and 
thy labor, and thy patience, and how 
thou canst not bear them which are 
evil ; and thou hast tried them which 
say they are Apostles, and are not ; 
and hast found them liars : and hast 
borne, and hast patience, and for my 
name's sake hast labored, and hast 
not fainted. Nevertheless, I have 
somewhat against thee, because thou 
hast left thy first love. Remember 
therefore from whence thou art fal- 
len, and repent, and do the first 
works ; or else I will come unto 
thee quickly, and will remove thy 
candlestick out of his place, except 
thou repent. But this thou hast, that 
thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolai- 
tanes, which I also hate. He that 
hath an ear let him hear what the 
Spirit saith unto the churches ; To 
him that overcometh will I give to 
eat of the tree of life, which is in 
the midst of the paradise of God. 

IF 8: 1. And unto the Angel of the 
church in Sardis write ; These 
things saith he that hath the sev- 
en Spirits of God, and the seven 
stars ; I know thy works, that thou 
hast a name that thou livest, and art 
dead. Be watchful, and strengthen 
the things which remain, that are 
ready to die : for I have not found 
thy works perfect before God. Re- 
member therefore how thou hast re- 
ceived and heard, and hold fast, and 
repent. If therefore thou shalt not 
watch, I will come upon thee' as a 
thief, and thou shalt not know 
what hour I will come upon thee. 
Thou hast a few names even in 
Sardis which have not defiled their 
garments ; and they shall walk with 
me in white : for they are wor- 
thy. He that overcometh, the same 
shall be clothed in white raiment ; 
and I will not blot out his name out 
of the book of life, but I will confess 
his name before my Father, and be- 
fore his Angels. 

3: 14. And unto the Angel of the 
church of the Laodiceans write ; 
These things saith the Amen, the 
faithful and true Witness, the be- 
ginning of the creation of God ; I 
know thy works, that thou art nei- 
27 



ther cold nor hot. I would thou wert 
cold or hot. So then, because thou 
art lukewarm, and neither cold 
nor hot, I will spue thee out of my 
mouth. Because thou sayest, I am 
rich, and increased with goods, and 
have need of nothing ; and knowest 
not that thou art wretched, and mis- 
erable, and poor, and blind, and na- 
ked ; 1 counsel thee to buy of me 
gold, tried in the fire, that thou may- 
est be rich ; and white raiment, that 
thou mayest be clothed, and that the 
shame of thy nakedness do not ap- 
pear ; and anoint thine eyes with 
eye-salve that thou mayest see. As 
many as I love I rebuke and chasten : 
be zealous therefore, and repent. 
Behold, t stand at the door, and 
knock. If any man hear my voice, 
and open the door, I will come in to 
him, and will sup with him, and he 
with me. To him that overcometh, 
will I grant to -sit with me in my 
throne, even as I overcame, and am 
set down with my Father in his 
throne. He that hath an ear, let 
him hear what the Spirit saith unto 
the churches. 

Heb. 6: 4. For it is impossible 
for those who were once enlighten- 
ed, and have tasted of the heavenly 
gift, and were made partakers of the 
Holy Ghost, and have tasted the 
good word of God, and the powers 
of the world to come ; if they shall 
fall away, to renew them again unto 
repentance : seeing they crucify un- 
to themselves the Son of God afresh, 
and put him to an open shame. — 
11. We desire that every one of you 
do show the same diligence to the 
full assurance of hope unto the end: 
that ye be not slothful, but followers 
of them who through faith and pa- 
tience inherit the promises. 

Mat. 5: 13. Ye are the salt of the 
earth ; but if the salt have lost his 
savor, wherewith shall it be salted ? 
It is thenceforth good for nothing 
but to. be cast out, and trodden un- 
der foot of men. 



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CHAPTER II. 

CHRISTIAN DEPORTMENT AND DU- 
TIES. 

§ 1. OF THE TONGUE. 

Mat. 12: 37. By thy words thou 
shalt be justified. — 35. A good man, 
out of the good treasure of the heart 
bringeth forth good things. 

5: 87. Let your communications 
be yea, yea, nay, nay. 

Luke 4 : 22. All bare him wit- 
ness, and wondered at the gracious 
words which proceeded out of his 
mouth. 

Job 2: 10. In all this Job sinned 
not with his lips. 

27 : 4. My lips shall not speak 
wickedness. 

33: 3. My words shall be of the 
uprightness of my heart. 

Ps. 39: 1. I will take heed to my 
ways that I sin not with my tongue ; 
I will keep my mouth with a bridle 
while the wicked is before me. 

141 : 3. Set a watch, O Lord, be- 
fore my mouth. 

63 : 3. My lips shall praise thee. 

87 : SO. The mouth of the right- 
eous speaketh wisdom, and his 
tongue talketh of judgment. 

Prov. 10: 11. The mouth of the 
righteous is a well of life. — 20. The 
tongue of the just is as choice silver. 
. . . The lips of the righteous feed 
many. — 31. The mouth of the just 
bringeth forth wisdom. 

12: 6. The mouth of the upright 
shall deliver them. — 18. The tongue 
of the wise is health. 

14: 3. The lips of the wise shall 
preserve them. 

15:1. A soft answer turneth away 
wrath. — 4. A wholesome tongue 
is a tree of life. — 7. The lips of 
the wise disperse knowledge. 

16: 24. Pleasant words are as an 

honey-comb sweet to the soul, 

and health to the bones. 

18: 21. Death and life are in the 
power of the tongue. 

Eccl. 9: 17. The words of the 
wise are heard in quiet, more than 
the cry of him that ruleth among 
fools. 

Eph. 4: 29. Let no corrupt com- 
munication proceed out of your 
mouth, but that which is good to the 



use of edifying, that it may minister 
grace to the hearers. 

Col. 4: 6. Let your speech be al- 
ways with grace, seasoned with salt, 
that ye may know how ye ought to 
answer every man. 

Heb. 13: 15. Let us offer the fruit 
of our lips : giving thanks to his 
name. 

James 1 : 26. If any man seem to 
be religious and bridleth not his 
tongue, that man's religion is vain. 

3:2. If any man offend not in 
word, the same is a perfect man, 
and able also to bridle the whole 
body. 

Mark 3 : 28. Verily, I say unto 
you, All sins shall be forgiven unto 
the sons of men, and blasphemies 
wherewith soever they shall blas- 
pheme : but he that shall blaspheme 
against the Holy Ghost, hath never 
forgiveness, but is in danger of eter- 
nal damnation : because they said, 
He hath an unclean spirit. 
(See Morality of the Gospel, Gov- 
ernment of the Tongue.) 



§ 2. DUTIES ARISING FROM THE SO- 
CIAL RELATIONS. 

I. The Marriage Relation. 

Heb. 13: 4. Marriage is honora- 
ble in all, and the bed undefiled. 

1 Cor. 7: 2. To avoid fornication, 
let every man have his own wife, 
and let every woman have her own 
husband. 

1 Tim. 5 : 3. Honor widows that 
are widows indeed. But if any wid- 
ow have children or nephews, let 
them learn first to show piety at 
home, and to requite their parents : 
for that is good and acceptable be- 
fore God. Now she that is a widow 
indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, 
and continueth in supplications and 
prayers night and day : but she that 
liveth in pleasure is dead while she 
liveth. And these things give in 
charge, that they may be blameless. 
But if any provide not for his own, 
and especially for those of his own 
house, he hath denied the faith, and 
is worse than an infidel. Let not a 
widow be taken into the number un- 
der threescore years old, having been 
the wife of one man, well reported 
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brought up children, if she have 
lodged strangers, if she have wash- 
ed the saints' feet, if she have re- 
lieved the afflicted, if she have dili- 
gently followed every good work. 
But the younger widows refuse: for 
when they have begun to wax wan- 
ton against Christ, they will marry ; 
having damnation, because they have 
cast off their first faith. And withal 
they learn to be idle, wandering 
about from house to house ; and not 
only idle, but tattlers also, and busy- 
bodies, speaking things which they 
ought not. 1 will therefore that the 
younger women marry, bear chil- 
dren, guide the house, give none oc- 
casion to the adversary to speak re- 
proachfully. For some are already 
turned aside after Satan. If any man 
or woman that believeth have wid- 
ows, let them relieve them, and let 
not the church be charged ; that it 
may relieve them that are widows 
indeed. v 

Mat. 19: 3. The Pharisees also 
came unto him, tempting him, and 
saying unto him, Is it lawful for a 
man to put away his wife for every 
cause ? And he answered and said 
unto them, Have ye not read, that \ 
he which made them at the begin- 
ning, made them male and female, 
and said, For this cause shall a man 
leave father and mother, and shall 
cleave to his wife : and they twain 
shall be one flesh ? Wherefore they 
are no more twain, but one flesh. 
What therefore God hath joined to- 
gether, let not man put asunder. 
They say unto him, Why did Moses 
then command to give a writing of 
divorcement, and to put her away ? 
He saith unto them, Moses, because 
of the hardness of your hearts, suf- 
fered you to put away your wives: 
but from the beginning it was not 
so. And I say unto you, Whosoever 
shall put away his wife, except it be 
for fornication, and shall marry 
another, committeth adultery : and 
whoso marrieth her which is put 
away, doth commit adultery. His 
disciples say unto him, If the case 
of the man be so with his wife, it is 
not good to marry. But he said unto I 
them, All men cannot receive this i 
saying, save they to whom it is giv- j 
en. For there are some eunuchs, ! 
which were so born from their moth- | 
er's womb ; and there are some eu- i 
nuchs, which were made eunuchs 



of men ; and there be eunuchs, which 
have made themselves eunuchs for 
the kingdom of heaven's sake. He 
that is able to receive it, let him re- 
ceive it. 

1T 1 Cor. 7 : 25. Now concerning 
virgins, I have no commandment of 
the Lord: yet I give my judgment as 
one that hath obtained mercy of the 
Lord to be faithful. I suppose there- 
fore that this is good for the present 
distress ; I say, that it is good for a 
man so to be. Art thou bound unto 
a wife ? seek not to be loosed. Art 
thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a 
wife. But and if thou marry, thou 
hast not sinned: and if a virgin 
marry, she hath not sinned. Nev- 
ertheless, such shall have trouble 
in the flesh ; but I spare you. 
But this I say, brethren, The 
time is short. It remaineth, that 
both they that have wives, be as 
though they had none; and they that 
weep, as though they wept not ; and 
they that rejoice, as though they re- 
joiced not ; and they that buy, as 
though they possessed not ; and they 
that use this world, as not abusing 
it. For the fashion of this world 
passeth away. But I would have 
you without carefulness. He that is 
unmarried, careth for the things that 
belong to the Lord, how he may 
please the Lord : but he that is mar- 
ried, careth for the things that are 
of the world, how he may please his 
wife. There is difference also be- 
tween a wife and a virgin. The un- 
married woman careth for the things 
of the Lord, that she may be holy, 
both in body and in spirit: but she 
that is married, careth for the things 
of the world, how she may please 
her husband. And this I speak for 
your own profit ; not that I may cast 
a snare upon you, but for that which 
is comely, and that ye may attend 
upon the Lord without distraction. 
But if any man think that he beha- 
veth himself uncomely toward his 
virgin, if she pass the flower of her 
age, and need so require, let him do 
what he will, he sinneth not : let 
them marry. Nevertheless, he that 
standeth steadfast in his heart, hav- 
ing no necessity, but hath power 
over his own will, and hath so de- 
creed in his heart that he will keep 
his virgin, doeth well. So then he 
that giveth her in marriage doeth 



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well ; but he that giveth her not in j 
marriage doeth better. The wife i 
is bound by the law as long as j 
her husband liveth, but if her hus- j 
band be dead, she is at liberty to be 
married to whom she will, only in 
the Lord. But she is happier if she 
so abide after my judgment, and I 
think also, that I have the Spirit of 
the Lord. 

Rom. 7: 2. The woman, which 
hath a husband, is bound by the law 
to her husband so long as he liveth : 
but if the husband be dead, she is 
loosed from the law of her husband. 

Duties resulting from it. 

1 Cor. 7: 3. Let the husband ren- 
der unto the wife due benevolence, 
and likewise also, the wife unto the 
husband. 

Eph. 5:21. Submitting yourselves 
one to another in the fear of God. 
Wives, submit yourselves unto your 
own husbands, as unto the Lord. 
For the husband is the head of the 
wife, even as Christ is the head of 
the church : and he is the Savior of 
the body. Therefore as the church 
is subject unto Christ, so let the 
wives be to their own husbands in 
every thing. Husbands, love your 
wives, even as Christ also loved the 
church, and gave himself for it. — 
28. So ought men to love their 
wives, as their own bodies. He that 
loveth his wife loveth himself, for 
no man ever yet hated his own flesh, 
but nourisheth and cherisheth it, 
even as the Lord the church. For 
we are members of his body, of his 
flesh, and of his bones. For this 
cause shall a man leave his father j 
and mother, and shall be joined unto 
his wife, and they two shall be one j 
flesh. This is a great mystery : but I 
speak concerning Christ and the j 
church. Nevertheless, let every one \ 
of you in particular so love his wife j 
even as himself: and the wife see ] 
that she reverence her husband. 

Col. 3: 18. Wives, submit your- 
selves unto your own husbands, as 
it is fit in the Lord. Husbands, love 
your wives, and be not bitter against 
them. 

1 Tim. 2:9. In like manner also, 
that women adorn themselves in 
modest apparel, with shamefaced- 
ness and sobriety; not with broidered 
hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly ar- 



ray, but (which becometh women 
professing godliness) with good 
works. Let the women learn in si- 
lence with all subjection. But I suf- 
fer not a woman to teach, nor to 
usurp authority over the man, but 
to be in silence. For Adam was first 
formed, then Eve. And Adam was 
not deceived, but the woman being 
deceived was in the transgression. 
Notwithstanding, she shall be saved 
in child-bearing, if they continue in 
faith, and charity, and holiness, with 
sobriety. 

1 Peter 3 : 1. Likewise, ye 
wives, be in subjection to your own 
husbands ; that, if any obey not 
the word, they also may without 
the word be won by the conversa- 
tion of the wives, while they behold 
your chaste conversation coupled 
with fear. Whose adorning, let it 
not be that outward adorning of 
plaiting the hair, and of wearing of 
gold, or of putting on of apparel ; 
but let it be the hidden man of the 
heart, in that which is not corrupti- 
ble, even the ornament of a meek 
and quiet spirit, which is in the 
sight of God of great price. For 
after this manner in the old time the 
holy women also, who trusted in » 
God, adorned themselves, being in 
subjection unto their own husbands, 
even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, 
calling him lord ; whose daughters 
ye are, as long as ye do well, and 
are not afraid with any amazement. 
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with 
them according to knowledge, giv- 
ing honor unto the wife, as unto the 
weaker vessel, and as being heirs 
together of the grace of life ; that 
your prayers be not hindered. 

1 Tim. 5: 14. I will that the 
younger women marry, bear chil- 
dren, guide the house, give none oc- 
casion to the adversary to speak 
reproachfully. 

Titus 2: 4. That the aged wo- 
men teach the younger women to be 
sober, to love their husbands, to 
love their children ; to be discreet, 
chaste, keepers at home, good, obe- 
dient to their own husbands, that 
the word of God, be not blas- 
phemed. 

Duties in Regard to Unbelievers. 

1 Cor. 7: 10. Unto the married 
I command, yet not I, but the Lord, 






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let not the wife depart from her 
husband ; but and if she depart, let 
her remain unmarried, or be recon- 
ciled to her husband. And let not 
the husband put away his wife. 

If any brother hath a wife that 
believeth not, and she be pleased to 
dwell with him, let him not put her 
away. And the woman that hath an 
husband that believeth not, and if he 
be pleased to dwell with her, let her 
not leave him. For the unbelieving 
husband is sanctified by the wife, 
and the unbelieving wife is sanctified 
by the husband ; else were your 
children unclean ; but now are they 
holy. But if the unbelieving de- 
part, let him depart. A brother or 
sister is not bound in such cases: 
but God hath called us to peace. For 
what knowest thou, wife, wheth- 
er thou shalt not save thy husbsnd? 
and how knowest thou, O husband, 
whether thou shalt save thy wife ? — 
39. The wife is bound by the law, 
as long as her husband liveth ; but 
if her husband be dead, she is at lib- 
erty to be married to whom she will, 
only in the Lord. 

Deut. 7: 3. Neither shalt thou 
make marriages with them [the 
heathen] thy daughter thou shalt 
not give unto his son ; nor his 
daughter shalt thou take unto thy 
son. For they will turn away thy 
son from following me, that they 
may serve other gods. 
(See the Transgression of Solomon. 
1 Kings 11: 1. Of Israel. Ezra 
9: 2-12. Neh. 13: 23.) 

Fornication. 

Prov. 5: 3. For the lips of a 
strange woman drop as a honey- 
comb, and her mouth is smoother 
than oil. But her end is bitter as 
wormwood, sharp as a two-edged 
sword. Her feet go down to death ; 
her steps take hold on hell. Lest 
thou shouldest find the path of life, 
her ways are movable ; thou canst 
not know them. — 8. Remove thy 
way far from her, and come not 
nigh the door of her house ; lest thou 
give thy honor unto others and thy 
years unto the cruel. . . . And thou 
mourn at the last, when thy flesh 
and thy body are consumed, and 
say, How have I hated instruction, 
and my heart despised reproof! 
6: 23. The commandment is a 



lamp ; and the law is light ; and re- 
proofs of instruction are the way of 
life ; to keep thee from the evil 
woman, from the flattery of the 
tongue af a strange woman. Lust 
not after her beauty in thine heart, 
neither let her take thee with her 
eyelids. For by means of a whor- 
ish woman, a man is brought to a 
piece of bread ; and the adulteress 
will hunt for the precious life. Can 
a man take fire in his bosom, and 
his clothes not be burned? Can one 
go upon hot coals, and his feet not 
be burnt? So he that goeth in to his 
neighbor's wife ; whoso toucheth 
her shall not be innocent. 

7 : 4. Say unto wisdom, thou art 
my sister, and call understanding thy 
kinswoman, that they may keep 
thee from the strange woman, from 
the stranger which flattereth with 
her words. For at the window of 
my house, I looked through my 
casement, and beheld among the 
simple ones, I discerned among the 
youths, a young man void of under- 
standing, passing through the street, 
near her corner; and he went the way 
to her house ; in the twilight, in the 
dark and black night. And behold, 
there met him a woman with the 
attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart. 
So she caught him and kissed him 
and with an impudent face said unto 
him, I have peace offerings with 
me ; this day have I paid my vows ; 
therefore came I forth to meet thee, 
diligently to seek thy face, and I 
have found thee. — 21. With much 
fair speech she caused him to yield ; 
with the flattering of her lips she 
forced him. He goeth after her 
straightway, as an ox goeth to the 
slaughter, or as a fool to the correc- 
tion of the stocks, till a dart strike 
through his liver ; as a bird hasteth 
to the snare, and knoweth not, that 
it is for his life. — 26. She hath cast 
down many wounded ; yea many 
•strong men have been slain by her: 
her house is the way to hell, going 
down to the chambers of death. 

9: 13. A foolish woman is clam- 
orous ; she is simple and knoweth 
nothing. For she sitteth at the door 
of her house, on a seat in the high 
places in the city, to call passengers, 
who go right on their way, whoso 
is simple, let him turn in hither ; and 
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ing, she saith to him, Stolen waters 
are sweet, and bread eaten in secret 
is pleasant! But he knoweth not 
that the dead are there, and that 
her sruests are in the depths of 
hell. , 

2: 18. Her house inclineth unto 
death, and her paths unto the dead. 
None that go unto her return again, 
neither take they hold of the paths 
of life. 

1 Cor. 6: 13. Now the body 
is not for fornication, but for the 
Lord ; and the Lord for the body. 
And God hath both raised up the 
Lord, and will also raise up us by 
his own power. Know ye not, that 
your bodies are the members of 
Christ? shall I then take the mem- 
bers of Christ, and make them the 
members of a harlot? God forbid.. 
What ! know ye not that he which 
is joined to a harlot is one body? 
for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 
But he that is joined unto the Lord 
is one spirit. Flee fornication. 
Every sin that a man doeth, is with- 
out the body ; but he that commit- 
teth fornication, sinneth against his 
own body. 

Prov. 22: 14. The mouth of a 
strange woman is a deep pit: he that 
is abhorred of the Lord shall fall 
therein. 

Eccl. 7: 26. I find more bitter 
than death the woman whose heart 
is snares and nets. 

Fearful Prevalence of this Sin. 

Sodom and Gomorrah. Gen. 19. 

The Benjamite. Judges 19: 22. 

Universal Polygamy and concu- 
binage. 

The heathen described. Rom. 
1: 24. 

Lot and his daughters. Gen. 
19: 31. 

Reuben with his father's concu- 
bine. Gen. 35: 22. 

Dinah, Jacob's daughter ravished 
by Shechem. 34: 2. 

Judah, with his daughter-in-law. 
38: 12. 

Joseph tempted _by Potiphar's 
wife. 39: 7. 

Eli's sons. 1 Sam. 2: 22. 

David with Uriah's wife. 2 Sam. 
12: 4. 

Solomon loved many strange wo- 
men. 1 Kings 11 : 1. 

Jer. 5: 7. When I fed them to 



the full, then they committed -adul- 
tery, and assembled themselves by 
troops in the harlots' houses: shall 
I not visit for these things, saith the 
Lord, and shall I not be avenged on 
such a nation as this? 

9: 2. They be all adulterers. 

23: 10. The land is full of adul- 
terers. The land mourneth. 

Ezee. 22 : 11. One hath com- 
mitted adultery with his neighbor's 
wife; another hath defiled his daugh- 
ter-in-law ; and another hath hum- 
bled his sister. — 14. Can thy heart 
endure, or thy hands be made strong, 
in the day that I shall deal with 
thee ? 

John 8: 7. He that is without 
sin among you, let him first cast a 
stone at her. . . . And they which 
heard it, being convicted by their 
own conscience went out, one by 
one, beginning at the eldest, even 
unto the last. 

Gai,. 5: 19. The works of the 
flesh are these ; adultery, fornica- 
tion, uncleanness. . . . They that do 
such things shall not inherit the 
kingdom of God. 

Eph. 5: 5. No whoremonger nor 
unclean person hath any inheritance 
in the kingdom of Christ and of 
God. Because of these things com- 
eth the wrath of God on the chil- 
dren of disobedience. 

Heb. 13: 4. Whoremongers and 
adulterers God will judge. 

II. Parental Relation. 

Gen. 18: 19. I know him, (Abra- 
ham,) that he will command his 
children and his household after him, 
and they shall keep the way of the 
Lord, to do justice and judgment, 
that the Lord may bring upon Abra- 
ham that which he hath spoken of 
him. 

Deut. 6 : 6. These words, . . . shall 
be in thy heart, and thou shalt teach 
them diligently unto thy children. 

11: 19." Ye shall teach them to 
your children, speaking of them 
when thou sittest in thy house, and 
when thou walkest by the way; 
when thou liest down, and when 
thou risest up. 

Eph. 6: 1. Children, obey your 
parents in the Lord : for this is right. 
Honor thy father and mother, (which 
is the first commandment with prom- 
ise,) that it may be well with thee, 



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and thou mayest live long on the 
earth. And, ye fathers, provoke 
not your children to wrath ; but 
bring them up in the nurture and 
admonition of the Lord. 

Col. 3: 20. Children, obey your 
parents in all things: for this is well- 
pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, 
provoke not your children to anger, 
lest they be discouraged. 

1 Tim. 5:1. Rebuke not an elder, 
but entreat him as a father; and the 
younger men as brethren; the elder 
women as mothers; the younger as 
sisters: with all purity. 

Prov. 23: 22. Hearken unto thy 
father that begat thee, and despise 
not thy mother when she is old. — 
24. The father of the righteous shall 
greatly rejoice; and he that beget- 
teth a wise child shall have joy of 
him. My father and thy mother 
shall be glad, and she that bare thee 
shall rejoice. 

15: 20. A wise son maketh a glad 
father, but a foolish man despiseth 
his mother. 

22: 6. Train up a child in the 
way he should go, and when he 
is old he will not depart from it. 

If Isa. 38: 19. The fathers to the 
children shall make known thy 
truth. 

Joel 1 : 3. Tell ye your children 
of it, and let your children tell their 
children, and their children another 
generation. 

Prov. 13: 24. He that spareth the 
rod hateth his son; but he that lov- 
eth him chasteneth him betimes. 

14:8. Chasten thy son while there 
is hope, and let not thy soul spare 
for his crying. 

22: 15. Foolishness is bound up in 
the heart of a child ; but the rod of 
correction shall drive it far from 
him. 

23: 13. Withhold not correction 
from the child ; thou shalt beat him 
with a rod; and shalt deliver his 
soul from hell. 

29: 15. The rod and reproof give 
wisdom; but a child left to himself 
bringeth his mother to shame. — 17. 
Correct thy son, and he shall give 
thee rest; yea, he shall give delight 
unto thy soul. 

2Cor. 12: 14. The parents ought 
to lay up for their children. 

1 Tim. 5:8. If a man provide not 
for his own, specially for those of 



his own house, he hath denied the 
faith, and is worse than an infidel. 

Fndts of the faithful performance of 
Parental Duties. 

Gen. 13: 14. The Lord said unto 
Abraham, I will make thy seed as 
the dust of the earth : so that if a 
man can number the dust of the 
earth, then shall thy seed be num- 
bered. (15:5 — 17:1 — 5:6.) 

Ps. 127: 3. Children are an heri- 
tage of the Lord. 

37: 25. I have been young and 
now am old; yet have I not seen the 
righteous forsaken, or his seed beg- 
ging bread. 

102: 2.8. The children of thy ser- 
vants shall continue, and their seed 
shall be established before thee. 

Isa. 44 : 3. I will pour my blessing 
upon thine offspring. 

Mat. 19: 14. Suffer little children 
to come unto me, and forbid them 
not; for of such is the kingdom of 
heaven. 

Consequences of neglecting these Duties. 

Ex. 20: 5. I am a jealous God, 
i visiting the iniquity of the fathers 
upon the children, to the third and 
! fourth generation. 

1 Sam. 2 : 30. Wherefore the Lord 
God of Israel saith, I said, indeed, 
that thy house and the house of thy 
father should remain before me for- 
ever; but now, the Lord saith, Be it 
far from me; for them that honor 
me, I will honor ; and they that de- 
spise me, shall be lightly esteemed. 

3:11. Behold, I will do a thing in 
Israel, at which both the ears of 
every one that heareth it shall tingle. 
In that day I will perform upon Eli 
all things which I have spoken con- 
cerning his house : when I begin, I 
will also make an end; for I "have 
told him that I will judge his house, 
for the iniquity which he knoweth; 
because his sons made themselves 
vile and he restrained them not. 

Prov. 28: 24. Whoso robbeth his 
father or his mother, and saith, It is 
I no transgression, the same is a com- 
panion of a destroyer. 

30: 17. The eye that mocketh at 
his father, and despiseth to obey his 
mother, the ravens of the valley 
shall pluck it out, and the young 
eagles shall eat it. 






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2 Tim. 3:1. In the last days per- 
ilous times shall come; for men shall 
be lovers of their own selves... 
disobedient to parents . . . without 
natural affection. t 

III. Master and Servant. 

Mat. 10: 24. The disciple is not 
above his master; nor the servant 
above his Lord. (Luke 6: 40.) 

John 13: 13. Ye call me Master 
and Lord; and ye say well, for so I 
am. . . . If I then, your Lord and 
Master, have washed your feet, ye 
also ought to wash one another's 
feet. For I have given you an ex- 
ample, that ye should do as I have 
done unto you. 

Eph. 6: 5. Servants, be obedient 
to them that are your masters ac- 
•cording to the flesh, with fear and 
trembling, in singleness of your 
heart, as unto Christ; not with eye- 
service, as men-pleasers; but as the 
■servants of Christ, doing the will of 
God, from the heart: with good will 
doing service, as to the Lord, and 
-not to mem knowing that whatso- 
ever good thing any man doeth, the 
same shall he receive of the Lord, 
whether he be bond or free. And, 
ye masters, do the same things unto 
them, forbearing threatening: know- 
ing that your Master also is in 
heaven : neither is there respect of 
persons with him. 

Col. 8: 22. Servants, obey in all 
things your masters according to the 
flesh; not with eye-service, as men- 
pleasers; but in singleness of heart, 
fearing God: and whatsoever ye do, 
do it heartily, as to the Lord, and 
not unto men: knowing that of the 
Lord ye shall receive the reward of 
the inheritance: for ye serve the 
Lord Christ, But he that doeth 
wrong, shall receive for the wrong 
which he hath done: and there 
is no respect of persons. 

4: 1. Masters, give unto your ser- 
vants that which is just and equal: 
knowing that ye also have a Master 
in heaven. 

1 Tim. 6: 1. Letjis many servants 
as are under the yoke count their 
own masters worthy of all honor, 
that the name of God and his doc- 
trine be not blasphemed. And they 
that have believing masters, let them 
not despise them, because they are 
brethren; but rather do them ser- 



| vice, because they are faithful and 
; beloved, partakers of the benefit. 
j These things teach and exhort. 

IT If any man teach otherwise, and 
i consent not to wholesome words, 
I even the words of our Lord Jesus 
| Christ, and to the doctrine which is 
according to godliness; he is proud, 
knowing nothing, but doting about 
questions and strifes of words, 
whereof cometh envy, strife, rail- 
ings, evil surmisings, perverse dispu- 
tings of men of corrupt minds, and 
destitute of the truth, supposing that 
gain is godliness; from such with- 
draw thyself. 

Titus 2: 9. Exhort servants to be 
obedient unto their own masters, 
and to please them well in all things, 
not answering again, not purloin- 
ing, but showing all good fidelity; 
that they may adorn the doctrine of 
God our Savior in all things. 

Philem. 8. Wherefore, though 
I might be much bold in Christ to 
enjoin thee that which is convenient, 
yet for love's sake I rather beseech 
thee, being such a one as Paul the 
aged, and now also a prisoner of 
Jesus Christ: I beseech thee for my 
son Onesimus, whom I have begot- 
ten in my bonds: which in time past 
! was to thee unprofitable, but now 
profitable to thee and to me: whom 
I have sent again: thou therefore 
receive him, that is, mine own bow- 
; els. Whom I would have retained 
with me, that in thy stead he might 
J have ministered unto me in the 
j bonds of the gospel : but without thy 
i mind would I do nothing; that thy 
benefit should not be as it were of 
I necessity, but willingly. For per- 
haps he therefore departed for a 
season, that thou shouldest receive 
! him forever; not now as a servant, 
j but above a servant, a brother be- 
loved, especially to me, but how 
much more unto thee, both in the 
flesh, and in the Lord? If thou 
count me therefore a partner, receive 
him as myself. 

Heb. 13: 3. Remember them that 
are in bonds as bound with them; 
and them that suffer adversity, as 
being yourselves also in the body. 

1 Peter 2: 18. Servants, be sub- 
ject to your masters with all fear; 
not only to the good and gentle, but 
also to the froward. For this is 
thankworthy, if a man for conscience 



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toward God endure grief, suffering 
wrongfully. 

Luke 17: 7. Which of you, hav- 
ing a servant plowing or feeding 
cattle, will say to him by and by, 
when he is come from the field, Go 
and sit down to meat? And will 
not rather say unto him, Make 
ready wherewith I may sup, and 
afterward thou shalt eat and drink. 



§ 3. CIVIL RELATIONS. 

I. Subject to Rulers. 

Rom. 13:1. Let every soul be sub- 
ject unto the higher powers. For 
there is no power but of God: the 
powers that be are ordained of God. 
Whosoever therefore resisteth the 
power, resisteth the ordinance of 
God: and they that resist shall re- 
ceive to themselves damnation. For 
rulers are not a terror to good 
works, but to the evil. Wilt thou 
then not be afraid of the power? do 
that which is good, and thou shalt 
have praise of the same : for he is 
the minister of God to thee for good. 
But if thou do that which is evil, be 
afraid; for he beareth not the sword 
in vain: for he is the minister of 
God, a revenger to execute wrath 
upon him that doeth evil. Where- 
fore ye must needs be subject, not 
only for wrath, but also for con- 
science' sake. For, for this cause 
pay ye tribute also: for they are 
God's ministers, attending continu- 
ally upon this very thing. Render 
therefore to all their dues: tribute 
to whom tribute is due; custom to 
whom custom; fear to whom fear; 
honor to whom honor. 

Titus 3: 1. Put them in mind to 
be subject to principalities and pow- 
ers, to obey magistrates, to be ready 
to every good work, to speak evil 
of no man, to be no brawlers, but 
gentle, showing all meekness unto 
all men. For we ourselves also 
were sometimes foolish, disobedient, 
deceived, serving divers lusts and 
pleasures, living in malice and envy, 
hateful and hating one another. 

ffl Pet. 2: 13. Submit yourselves 
to every ordinance of man for the 
Lord's sake: whether it be to the 

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king, as supreme; or unto governors, 
as unto them that are sent by him 
for the punishment of evil-doers, 
and for the praise of them that do 
well: (for so is the will of God, that 
with well-doing ye may put to si- 
lence the ignorance of foolish men ;) 
as free, and not using your liberty 
for a cloak of maliciousness, but as 
the servants of God. Honor all men. 
Love the brotherhood. Fear God. 
Honor the king. 

2 Peter 2: 9. The Lord knoweth 
how to reserve the unjust to the day 
of judgment to be punished: but 
chiefly them that despise govern- 
ment, and are not afraid to speak 
evil of dignities. 

Mat. 22: 21. Render unto Csesar 
the things that are Caesar's. 

Ezra 7: 26. Whosoever will not 
do the law of God and of the king; 
let judgment be executed speedily 
upon him; whether it be unto death, 
or to banishment, or to confiscation 
of goods, or to imprisonment. 

Duty, when the demands of Riders con- 
trovert the Will or Law of God. 

Esth. 3: 2. All the king's ser- 
vants, that were in the king's gate, 
bowed and reverenced Hainan, for 
the king had so commanded; but 
Mordecai bowed not. nor did him 
reverence. 

Dan. 3 : 1 S. Be it known unto thee, 
king, that we will not serve thy 
gods, nor worship thy golden im- 
age, which thou hast set up. 

6: 10. When Daniel knew that the 
writing was signed, he went into his 
house, and his windows being open 
in his chamber toward Jerusalem, 
he kneeled down and prayed, and 
gave thanks before his God, as he 
did aforetime. 

Acts 4: 19. Peter and John an- 
swered and said unto them, Whether 
it be right in the sight of God to 
hearken unto men more than unto 
God, judge ye. 

5: 29. We ought to obey God 
rather than men. 

II. Duty of Rulers. 

Deut. 1: 16. Judge righteously 
between every man and his brother, 
and the stranger that is with you. 

25: 1. They shall justify the right- 
eous and condemn the wicked. 



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Ps. 82: 1. God standeth in the 
congregation of the mighty, he judg- 
eth among the gods. How long 
will ye judge unjustly, and accept 
the person of the wicked? Defend 
the poor and needy: rid them out of 
the hand of the wicked. 

Prov. 20: 28. The king's throne 
is uph olden by mercy. 

29: 14. The king that faithfully 
judgeth the poor, his throne shall be 
established forever. 

Isa. 1 : 17. Relieve the oppressed; 
judge the fatherless. 

2 Sam. 23: 8. He that ruleth over 
men must be just, ruling in the fear 
of God. 

Isa. 10:1. Woe unto them that de- 
cree unrighteous decrees; and that 
write grievousness which they have 
prescribed, to turn aside the needy 
from judgment, and to take away 
the right from the poor of my peo- 
ple; that widows may be their prey, 
and that they may rob the father- 
less: and what will ye do in the day 
of visitation? 

Deut. 1 : 17. Ye shall not respect 
persons in judgment; ye shall not be 
afraid of the face of man. 

Ex. 23: 6. Thou shalt not wrest 
the judgment of thy poor in his 
cause. Keep thee far from a false 
matter, and the innocent and right- 
eous slay thou not, for I will not 
justify the wicked. And thou shalt 
take no gift; for the gift blindeth the 
wise, and perverteth the words of 
the righteous. 



III. Consequences of perverting Judg- 
ment. 

Ps. 12: 8. The wicked walk on 
every side, when the vilest men are 
exalted. 

Prov. 28: 15. As a roaring lion 
and a raging bear, so is a wicked 
ruler over a poor people. — 16. The 
prince that wa'nteth understanding, 
is a great oppressor. 

29: 2. When the wicked beareth 
rule, the people mourn. 

Eccl.S: 12. If a ruler hearken to 
lies, all his servants^are wicked. 

10:16. Woe unto thee, land, 
when thy king is a child. 

4: 13. Better is a poor and wise 
child than an old and foolish king, 
that will no more be admonished. 

Amos 6: 12. Ye have turned judg- 



ment into gall, and the fruit of right- 
eousness into hemlock. 

\V. Rulers subject to God. 

Job 12: 17. He leadeth counsel- 
lors away spoiled, and maketh the 
judges fools. He looseth the bond 
of kings, and girdeth their loins 
with a girdle. — 21. He poureth con- 
tempt upon princes. 

34: 19. He accepteth not the per- 
son of princes, nor regardeth the 
rich more than the poor. — 24. He 
shall break in pieces mighty men 
without number, and set others in 
their stead. 

Ps. 75: 7. God is the judge, he 
putteth down one and setteth up an- 
other. 

76: 12. He shall cut off the spirit 
of princes, he shall be terrible to the 
kings of the earth. 

82: 1. God standeth in the congre- 
gation of the righteous;' he judgeth 
among the gods. 

Isa. 40: 23. He bringeth the 
princes to nothing, he maketh the 
judges of the earth as vanity. 

Acts 13: 20. After that he ^ave unto 
them judges, about the space of four 
hundred and fifty years, until Sam- 
uel the prophet. Afterward they 
desired a king; and God gave them 
Saul. . . . And when he had removed 
him, he raised up unto them Da- 
vid. 

Isa. 45: 1. Thus saith the Lord 
to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose 
right hand I have holden to subdue 
nations before him. — 5. I girded 
thee, though thou hast not known 
me. 

Jer. 21 : 4. Thus saith the Lord, 
I will turn back the weapons of war 
in your hands. — 7. I will deliver 
Zedekiah, king of Judah, and all 
this people into the hand of Nebu- 
chadnezzar. 

27:6. I have given all these lands 
into the hand of Nebuchadnez- 
zar, king of Babylon, my ser- 
vant. 

Ps. 107:40. He poureth contempt 
upon princes, and caus*eth them to 
wander in the wilderness, where 
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§ 4. CONSECRATION TO CHRIST AND 
HIS CAUSE. 

I. Supreme Devotion. 

Mat. 6: 33. Seek first the king- 
dom of God and his righteousness. 

7: 13. Enter ye in at the strait 
gate: for wide is the gate, and broad 
is the way, that leadeth to destruc- 
tion, and many there be which go in 
thereat: because, strait is the gate, 
and narrow is the way, which lead- 
eth unto life, and few there be that 
find it. 

13:44. Again: The kingdom of 
heaven is like unto treasure hid in 
a field: the which when a man hath 
found, he hideth, and for joy thereof 
goeth and selleth all that he hath, 
and buyeth that field. 

Again: The kingdom of heaven is 
like unto a merchantman seeking 
goodly pearls, who, when he had 
found one pearl of great price, went 
and sold all that he had, and bought 
it. 

5: 13. Ye are the salt of the earth: 
but if the salt have lost his savor, 
wherewith shall it be salted? it is I 
thenceforth good for nothing, but to | 
be cast out and to be trodden under 
foot of men. Ye are the light of the j 
world. A city that is set on a hill i 
cannot be hid. Neither do men 
light a candle, and put it under a 
bushel, but on a candlestick: and it 
giveth light unto all that are in the 
house. Let your light so shine be- 
fore men, that they may see your 
good works, and glorify your Father 
which is in heaven. 

1 Cor. 9: 24. Know ye not, that 
they which run in a race, run all, 
but one receiveth the prize ? So 
run, that ye may obtain. And every 
man that striveth for the mastery is 
temperate in all things. Now they 
do it to obtain a corruptible crown; 
but we an incorruptible. I there- 
fore so run, not as uncertainly; so 
fight I, not as one that beateth the 
air: but I keep under my body, and 
bring it into subjection: lest that by 
any means when I have preached to 
others, I myself should be a cast- 
away. 

2 Cor. 3:2. Ye are our epistle 
written in our hearts, known and 
read of all men . . . manifestly de- 



clared to be the epistle of Christ 
ministered by us, written not with 
ink, but with the Spirit of the living 
God. 



II. Property devoted to Christ. 

Luke 19: 12. A certain nobleman 
went into a far country to receive 
for himself a kingdom, and to return. 
And he called his ten servants, and 
delivered them ten pounds, and said 
unto them, Occupy till I come. But 
his citizens hated him, and sent a 
message after him, saying, We will 
not have this man to reign over us. 
And it came to pass, that when he 
was returned, having received the 
kingdom, then he commanded these 
servants to be called unto him, to 
whom he had given the money, that 
he might know how much every man 
had gained by trading. Then came 
the first, saying, Lord, thy pound 
hath gained ten pounds. And he 
said unto him, Well, thou good ser- 
vant: because thou hast been faith- 
ful in a very little, have thou author- 
ity over ten cities. And the second 
came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath 
gained five pounds. And he said 
likewise to him, Be thou also over 
five cities. 

18: 18. And a certain ruler asked 
him, saying, Good Master, what 
shall I do to inherit eternal life? 
And Jesus said unto him, Why call- 
est thou me good ? none is good, save 
one, that is God. Thou knowest 
the commandments, Do not commit 
adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, 
Do not bear false witness, Honor 
thy father and thy mother. And he 
said, All these have I kept from my 
youth up. Now when Jesus heard 
these things, he said unto him, Yet 
lackest thou one thing: sell all that 
thou hast, and distribute unto the 
poor, and thou shalt have treasure 
in heaven: and come, follow me. 
And when he heard this, he was 
very sorrowful : for he was very rich. 
And when Jesus saw that he was 
very sorrowful, he said, How hardly 
shall they that have riches enter in- 
to the kingdom of God! For it is 
easier for a camel to go through a 
needle's eye, than for a rich man to 
enter into the kingdom of God. And 
they that heard it, said, Who then 
can be saved? And he said, The 



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things which are impossible with 
men, are possible with God. 

IT 1 Tim. 6: 6. But godliness with 
contentment is great gain. For we 
brought nothing into this world, and 
it is certain we can carry nothing 
out. And having food and raiment, 
let us be therewith content. But 
they that will be rich fall into temp- 
tation, and a snare, and into many 
foolish and hurtful lusts, which 
drown men in destruction and per- 
dition. For the love of money is 
the root of all evil: which while 
some coveted after, they have erred 
from the faith, and pierced them- 
selves through with many sorrows. 

James 1 : 9. Let the brother of 
low degree rejoice in that he is ex- 
alted: but the rich, in that he is [ 
made low: because as the flower of ! 
the grass he shall pass away. For 
the sun is no sooner risen with a 
burning heat, but it withereth the 
grass, and the flower thereof falleth, 
and the grace of the fashion of it i 
perisheth : so also shall the rich man [ 
fade away in his ways. 

5: 1. Go to now ye rich men, 
weep and howl for your miseries | 
that shall come upon you. Your 
riches are corrupted, and your 
garments are moth eaten. Your 
gold and silver is cankered: and the 
rust of them shall be a witness 
against you, and shall eat your flesh 
as it were fire. Ye have heaped 
treasure together for the last days. 
Behold the hire of the laborers, who 
have reaped down your fields, which 
is of you kept back by fraud crieth, 
and the cries of them which have 
reaped are entered into the ears of 
the Lord of Sabaoth. Ye have lived 
in pleasure on the earth, and been 
wanton ; ye have nourished your 
hearts as in a day of slaughter. 

HI. Personal Effort. 

John 1 : 40. One of the two which 
heard John speak and followed him, 
was Andrew ... he first findeth his 
own brother Simon, and saith unto 
him, We have fouiuTthe Messias... . . 
And he brought him to Jesus. . . . Je- 
sus findeth Philip, and saith unto 
him, Follow me. Philip findeth 
Nathanael and saith unto him, We 
have found hirn of whom Moses, in 
the law, and the prophets did write. 



Acts 5: 41. And they departed 
from the presence of the council, 
rejoicing that they were counted 
worthy to suffer shame for his name : 
and daily, in the temple, and in 
every house, they ceased not to 
teach and preach Jesus Christ. 

20: 17. And from Miletus he sent 
to Ephesus, and called the elders of 
the church. And when they were 
come to him, he said unto them, Ye 
know, from the first day that I came 
into Asia, after what manner I have 
been with you at all seasons, serving 
the Lord with all humility of mind, 
and with many tears and tempta- 
tions, which befel me by the lying 
in wait of the Jews, and how I kept 
back nothing that was profitable un- 
to you, but have showed you, and 
have taught you publicly, and from 
house to house, testifying both to 
the Jews, and also to the Greeks, 
repentance toward God, and faith 
toward our Lord Jesus Christ. And 
now behold, I go bound in the spirit 
unto Jerusalem, not knowing the 
things that shall befal me there: 
save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth 
in every city, saying, That bonds 
and afflictions abide me. But 
none of these things move me, nei- 
ther count I my life dear unto my- 
self, so that I might finish my course 
with joy, and the ministry which I 
have received of the Lord Jesus, to 
testify the gospel of the grace of 
God. And now, behold, I know that 
ye all, among whom I have gone 
preaching the kingdom of God, shall 
see my face no more. Wherefore I 
take you to record this day, that I 
am pure from the blood of all men, 
for I have not shunned to declare 
unto you all the counsel of God. 
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, 
and to all the flock over the which 
the Holy Ghost hath made you over- 
seers, to feed the church of God, 
which he hath purchased with his 
own blood. For I know this, that 
after my departing shall grievous 
wolves enter in among you, not 
sparing the flock. Also of your own 
selves shall men arise, speaking per- 
verse things to draw away disciples 
after them. 

1F Therefore watch ; and remem- 
ber, that by the space of three years 
j I ceased not to warn every one night 
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brethren, I commend you to God, 
and to the word of his grace, which 
is able to build you up, and to give 
you an inheritance among all them 
which are sanctified. I have cov- 
eted no man's silver, or gold, or ap- 
parel. Yea, ye yourselves know, 
that these hands have ministered 
unto my necessities, and to them 
that were with me. I have showed 
you all things, how that so laboring 
ye ought to support the weak, and j 
to remember the words of the Lord 
Jesus, how he said, It is more bless- 
ed to give than to receive. And 
when he had thus spoken, he kneeled 
down and prayed with them all. 
And they all wept sore, and fell on 
Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrow- 
ing most of all for the words which 
he spake, that they should see his 
face no more. And they accompa- 
nied him unto the ship. 

Acts 28: 30. Paul dwelt two 
whole years in hisfown hired house, 
and received all that came in unto 
him, preaching the kingdom of God, 
and teaching those things which con- 
cern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all 
confidence, no man forbidding him. 
Rom. 1 : 11. For I long to see you, 
that I may impart unto you some 
spiritual gift, to the end ye may be 
established: that is, that I maybe 
comforted together with you, by the 
mutual faith both of you and me. 
Now I would not have you ignorant, 
brethren, that oftentimes I purposed 
to come unto you (but was let hith- 
erto) that I might have some fruit 
among you also, even as among 
other Gentiles. I am debtor both 
to the Greeks, and to the Barba- 
rians, both to the wise, and to the 
unwise. So, as much as in me is, I 
am ready to preach the gospel to 
you that are at Rome also. 

If 2 Cor. 5: 9. Wherefore we la- 
bor, that, whether present or absent, 
we may be accepted of him. For 
we must all appear before the judg- 
ment-seat of Christ; that every one 
may receive the things done in his 
body, according to that he hath done, 
whether it be good or bad. 

Knowing therefore the terror of 
the Lord, we persuade men; but we 
are made manifest unto God: and I 
trust also are made manifest in your 
consciences. For we commend not 
ourselves again unto you, but give 



you occasion to glory on our behalf, 
that ye may have somewhat to an- 
swer them which glory in appear- 
ance, and not in heart. For whether 
we be beside ourselves, it is to God : 
or whether we be sober, it is for 
your cause. 

Rom. 12: 1. I beseech you there- 
fore, brethren, by the mercies of 
God, that ye present your bodies a 
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable un- 
to God, which is your reasonable 
service. And be not conformed to 
this world: but be ye transformed 
by the renewing of your mind, that 
ye may prove what is that good, and 
acceptable, and perfect will of God. 



§ 5. STRIVING TO INCREASE IN HO- 
LINESS OR SANCTIFICATION. 

Mat. 5: 4. Blessed are they that 
mourn ; for they shall be comforted 
. . . blessed are they that hunger and 
thirst after righteousness ; for they 
shall be filled. 

Lev. 11 : 44. I am the Lord your 
God ; you shall therefore sanctify 
yourselves, and ye shall be holy, 
for I am holy. 

Rom. 6: 1. What shall we say 
then ? Shall we continue in sin, that 
grace may abound ? God forbid: 
how shall we, that are dead to sin, 
live any longer therein ? Know ye 
not that so many of us as were bap- 
tized into Jesus Christ, were bap- 
tized into his death ? Therefore we 
are buried with him by baptism into 
death: that like as Christ was raised 
up from the dead by the glory of the 
Father, even so we also should walk 
in newness of life. For if we have 
been planted together in the likeness 
of his death, we shall be also in the 
likeness of his resurrection: know- 
ing this, that our old man is crucified 
with him, that the body of sin might 
be destroyed, that henceforth we 
should not serve sin. For he that is 
dead is freed from sin. — 12. Let 
not sin therefore reign in your mortal 
body, that ye should obey it in the 
lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your 
members as instruments of unright- 
eousness unto sin ; but yield your- 
selves unto God, as those that are 
alive from the dead, and your mem- 
bers as instruments of righteousness 
unto God : for sin shall not have do- 



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minion over you ; for ye are not un- 
der the law, but under grace. 

IT What then? shall we sin, because 
we are not under the law, but under 
grace ? God forbid. Know ye not, 
that to whom ye yield yourselves 
servants to obey, his servants ye are 
to whom ye obey ; whether "of sin 
unto death, or of obedience unto 
righteousness ? But God be thanked, 
that ye were the servants of sin ; 
but ye have obeyed from the heart 
that form of doctrine which was 
delivered you. Being then made 
free from sin, ye became the ser- 
vants of righteousness: (I speak af- 
ter the manner of men, because of 
the infirmity of your flesh:) for as 
ye have yielded your members ser- 
vants to uncleanness and to iniquity 
unto iniquity ; even so now yield 
your members servants to righteous- 
ness unto holiness. For when ye 
were the servants of sin, ye. were 
free from righteousness. What fruit 
had ye then in those things whereof 
ye are now ashamed ? for the end of 
those things is death. But now be- 
ing made free from sin, and become 
servants to God, ye have your fruit 
unto holiness, and the end everlast- 
ing life. For the wages of sin is 
death: but the gift of God is eternal 
life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
12: 9. Let love be without dissim- 
ulation. Abhor that which is evil ; 
cleave to that which is good. Be 
kindly affectioned one to another 
with brotherly love ; in honor pre- 
ferring one another ; not slothful in 
business ; fervent in spirit ; serving 
the Lord ; rejoicing in hope ; patient 
in tribulation ; continuing instant in 
prayer ; distributing to the necessity 
of saints ; given to hospitality. 

13: 11. It is high time to awake 
out of sleep : for now is our salva- 
tion nearer than when we believed. 
The night is far spent, the day is at 
hand: let us therefore cast off the 
works of darkness, and let us put on 
the armor of light. Let us walk 
honestly, as in the day: not in riot- 
ing and drunkenness, not in cham- 
bering and wantonness, not in strife 
and envying. But put ye on the 
Lord Jesus Christ, and make not 
provision for the flesh, to fulfil the 
lusts thereof. 

1 Cor. 3: 16. Know ye not that 
ye are the temple of God, and that 



the Spirit of God dwelleth in -you ? 
If any man defile the temple of God, 
him shall God destroy: for the tem- 
ple of God is holy, which temple ye 
are. 

IT 10: 31. Whether therefore ye eat 
or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do 
all to the glory of God : give none 
offence, neither to the Jews, nor to 
the Gentiles, nor to the church of 
God. Even as I please all men in 
all things, not seeking mine own 
profit, but the profit of many, that 
they may be saved. Be ye followers 
of me, even as I also am of Christ. 

2 Cor. 3: 18. But we all, with 
open face beholding as in a glass the 
glory of the Lord, are changed into 
the same image from glory to glory, 
even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 

2 Cor. 7: 1. Having therefore 
these promises, dearly beloved, let 
us cleanse ourselves from all filthi- 
ness of the flesh and spirit, perfect- 
ing holiness in the fear of God. 

10: 3. For though we walk in the 
flesh, we do not war after the flesh : 
(for the weapons of our warfare are 
not carnal, but mighty through God 
to the pulling down of strong holds) ; 
casting down imaginations, and every 
high thing that exalteth itself against 
the knowledge of God, and bringing 
into captivity every thought to the 
obedience of Christ ; and having 
in readiness to revenge all disobe- 
dience, when your obedience is ful- 
filled. 

13:5. Examine yourselves, wheth- 
er ye be in the faith ; prove your 
own selves. Know ye not your own 
selves, how that Jesus Christ is in 
you, except ye be reprobates ? But 
I trust that ye shall know that we 
are not reprobates. Now I pray to 
God that ye do no evil ; not that we 
should appear approved, but that 
ye should do that which is honest, 
though we be as reprobates. For we 
can do nothing against the truth, but 
for the truth. For we are glad when 
we are weak, and ye are strong: and 
this also we wish, even your perfec- 
tion. Therefore I write these things 
being absent, lest being present I 
should use sharpness, according to 
the power which the Lord hath giv- 
en me to edification, and not to de- 
struction. 

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be 
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one mind, live in peace ; and the 
God of love and peace shall be with 
you. Greet one another with a holy 
kiss. All the saints salute you. The 
grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
the love of God, and the communion 
of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. 
Amen. 

1T Gal. 5: 22. But the fruit of the 
Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 
meekness, temperance ; against such 
there is no law. And they that are 
Christ's have crucified the flesh, with 
the affections and lusts. If we live 
in the Spirit, let us also walk in the 
Spirit. Let us not be desirous of 
vain-glory, provoking one another, 
envying one another. — 17. The 
flesh lusteth against the spirit, and 
the spirit against the flesh : and 
these are contrary the one to the oth- 
er. So that ye cannot do the things 
that ye would. 

Eph. 1 : 15. Wherefore I also, 
after I heard of your faith in the 
Lord Jesus, and love unto all the 
saints, cease not to give thanks for 
you, making mention of you in my 
prayers ; that the God of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, 
may give unto you the spirit of wis- 
dom and revelation in the knowl- 
edge of him: the eyes of your un- 
derstanding being enlightened ; that 
ye may know what is the hope of 
his calling, and what the riches of 
the glory of his inheritance in the 
saints, and what is the exceeding 
greatness of his power to us-ward 
who believe, according to the work- 
ing of his mighty power, which he 
wrought in Christ, when he raised 
him from the dead. 

4:11. And he gave some Apos- 
tles ; and some prophets ; and some 
evangelists ; and some pastors and 
teachers, for the perfecting of the 
saints, for the work of the ministry, 
for the edifying of the body of Christ, 
till we all come in the unity of the 
faith, and of the knowledge of the 
Son of God, unto a perfect man, un- 
to the measure of the stature of the 
fulness of Christ : that we hence- 
forth be no more children, tossed to 
and fro, and carried about with 
every wind of doctrine, by the sleight 
of men, and cunning craftiness, 
whereby they lie in wait to deceive: 
but speaking the truth in love, may 



grow up into him in all things, 
which is the head, even Christ, from 
whom the whole body fitly joined 
together and compacted by that 
which every joint supplieth, accord- 
ing to the effectual working in the 
measure of every part, maketh in- 
crease of the body unto the edifying 
of itself in love. 

TT This I say, therefore, and testi- 
fy in the Lord, that ye henceforth 
walk not as other Gentiles walk, in 
the vanity of their mind, having the 
understanding darkened, being alien- 
ated from the life of God, through 
the ignorance that is in them, be- 
cause of the blindness of their heart: 
who, being past feeling, have given 
themselves over unto lasciviousness, 
to work all uncleannes with greedi- 
ness. But ye have not so learned 
Christ, if so be that ye have heard 
him, and have been taught by him, 
as the truth is in Jesus: that ye put 
off concerning the former conversa- 
tion the old man, which is corrupt 
according to the deceitful lusts ; and 
be renewed in the spirit of your 
mind ; and that ye put on the new 
man, which after God is created in 
righteousness and true holiness. 

5:7. Be not ye therefore parta- 
kers with them. For ye were some- 
time darkness, but now are ye light 
in the Lord : walk as children of 
light ; (for the fruit of the Spirit is 
in all goodness, and righteousness, 
and truth ; ) proving what is accept- 
able unto the Lord. — 15. See then 
that ye walk circumspectly, not as 
fools, but as wise, redeeming the 
time, because the days are evil. 
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but 
understanding what the will of the 
Lord is. And be ye not drunk with 
wine, wherein is excess. 

6: 10. Finally, my brethren, be 
strong in the Lord, and in the pow- 
er of his might. Put on the whole 
armor of God, that ye may be able 
to stand against the wiles of the 
devil. For we wrestle not against 
flesh and blood, but against princi- 
palities, against powers, against the 
rulers of the darkness of this world, 
against spiritual wickedness in high 
places. Wherefore take unto you 
the whole armor of God, that ye 
may be able to withstand in the evil 
day, and having done all, to stand. 
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girt about with truth, and having on 
the breast-plate of righteousness ; 
and your feet shod with the prepa- 
ration of the gospel of peace ; above 
all, taking the shield of faith, where- 
with ye shall be able to quench all 
the fiery darts of the wicked. And 
take the helmet of salvation, and 
the sword of the Spirit, which is the 
word of God : praying always with 
all prayer and supplication in the 
Spirit, and watching thereunto with 
all perseverance and supplication 
for all saints, and for me, that utter- 
ance may be given unto me, that I 
may open my mouth boldly, to make 
known the mystery of the gospel, for 
which I am an auibassador in bonds: 
that therein I may speak boldly, as I 
ought to speak. 

If Phil. 1 : 9. And this I pray, 
that your love may abound yet more 
and more in knowledge and in all 
judgment ; that ye may approve 
things that are excellent ; that ye 
may be sincere and without offence 
till the day of Christ, being filled 
with the fruits of righteousness, 
which are by Jesus Christ, unto the 
glory and praise of God. 

3: 8. I count all things but loss 
for the excellency of the knowledge 
of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom 
I have suffered the loss of all things, 
and do count them but dung, that I 
may win Christ, and be found in 
him, not having mine own righteous- 
ness, which is of the law, but that 
which is through the faith of Christ, 
the righteousness which is of God 
by faith: that I may know him, and 
the power of his resurrection, and 
the fellowship of his sufferings, be- 
ing made conformable unto his 
death ; if by any means I might at- 
tain unto the resurrection of the 
dead. Not as though I had already 
attained, either were already per- 
fect: but I follow after, if that I may 
apprehend that for which also I am 
apprehended of Christ Jesus. Breth- 
ren, I count not myself to have ap- 
prehended: but this one thing I do, 
forgetting those things which are 
behind, and reaching forth unto 
those things which are before, I 
press toward the mark for the prize 
of the high calling of God in Christ 
Jesus. Let us therefore, as many 
as be perfect, be thus minded: and if 
in any thing ye be otherwise minded, 



God shall reveal even this unto you. 
Nevertheless, whereto we have al- 
ready attained, let us walk by the 
same rule, let us mind the same 
thing. Brethren, be followers to- 
gether of me, and mark them which 
walk so as ye have us for an ensam- 
ple. For many walk, of whom I 
have told you often, and now tell 
you even weeping, that they are the 
enemies of the cross of Christ, whose 
end is destruction, whose God is 
their belly, and whose glory is in 
their shame, who mind earthly 
things. For our conversation is in 
heaven; from whence also we look 
for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 
who shall change our vile body, that 
it may be fashioned like unto his 
glorious body, according to the 
working whereby he is able even to 
subdue all things unto himself. 

IT 4: 1. Therefore, my brethren, 
dearly beloved and longed for, my 
joy and crown, so stand fast in the 
Lord, my dearly beloved. 

I beseech Euodias, and beseech 
Syntyche, that they be of the same 
mind in the Lord. And I entreat 
thee also, true yoke-fellow, help 
those women which labored with me 
in the gospel, with Clement also, 
and with other my fellow-laborers, 
whose names are in the book of life. 
Rejoice in the Lord alway : and 
again I say, Rejoice! Let your mod- 
eration be known unto all men. The 
Lord is at hand : be careful for noth- 
ing ; but in every thing by prayer 
and supplication with thanksgiving 
let your requests be made known 
unto God ; and the peace of God, 
which passeth all understanding, 
shall keep your hearts and minds 
through Christ Jesus. Finally, breth- 
ren, -whatsoever things are true, 
whatsoever things are honest, what- 
soever things are just, whatsoever 
things are pure, whatsoever things 
are lovely, whatsoever things are of 
good report ; if there be any vir- 
tue, and if there be any praise, think 
on these things 5 those things which 
ye have both learned, and received, 
and heard, and seen in me, do : and 
the God of peace shall be with you. 

Col. 1: 9. For this cause we also, 
since the day we heard it, do not 
cease to pray for you, and to desire 
that ye might be filled with the 
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and spiritual understanding: that ye 
might walk worthy of the Lord unto 
all pleasing 5 being fruitful in every 
good work, and increasing in the 
knowledge of God ; strengthened 
with all mighty according to his glo- 
rious power, unto all patience and 
long-suffering with joyfulness ; giv- 
ing thanks unto the Father, which 
hath made us meet to be partakers 
of the inheritance of the saints in 
light, who hath delivered us from 
the power of darkness, and hath 
translated us into the kingdom of 
his dear Son. — '21. And you, that 
were sometime alienated, and ene- 
mies in your mind by wicked works, 
yet now hath he reconciled in the 
body of his flesh through death 5 to 
present you holy, and unblamable, 
and unreprovable in his sight ; if ye 
continue in the faith grounded and 
settled, and be not moved away 
froin the hope of the gospel, which 
ye have heard. 

IF 3 : 1. If ye then be risen with 
Christ, seek those things which are j 
above, where Christ sitteth on the \ 
right hand of God. Set your affec- ' 
tion on things above, not on things 
on the earth. For ye are dead, and | 
your life is hid with Christ in God. 
When Christ, who is our life, shall 
appear, then shall ye also appear 
with him in glory. 

Mortify therefore your members 
which are upon the earth ; fornica- 
tion, uncleanness, inordinate affec- 
tion, evil concupiscence, and cove- 
tousness, which is idolatry : for which 
things' sake the wrath of God Com- 
eth on the children of disobedience ; 
in the which ye also walked some- 
time, when ye lived in them : but 
now ye also put off all these ; anger, 
wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy com- 
munication out of your mouth ; lie 
not one to another, seeing that ye 
have put off the old man with his 
deeds, and have put on the new man, 
which is renewed in knowledge after 
the image of him that created him: 
where there is neither Greek nor 
Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcis- 
ion, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor 
free: but Christ is all, and in all. 
Put on therefore, as the elect of 
God, holy and beloved, bowels of 
mercies, kindness, humbleness of 
mind,'meekness, long-suffering; (for- 
bearing one another, and forgiving 
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one another, if any man have a 
quarrel against any: even as Christ 
forgave you, so also do ye.) And 
above all these things put on charity, 
which is the bond of perfectness. 
And let the peace of God rule in 
your hearts, to the which also ye 
are called in one body ; and be ye 
thankful. 

1T1 Thess. 3: 11. Now God him- 
self and our Father, and our Lord 
Jesus Christ, direct our way unto 
you. And the Lord make you to 
increase and abound in love one to- 
ward another, and toward all men, 
even as we do toward you: to the 
end he may stablish your hearts un- 
blamable in holiness before God, 
even our Father, at the coming of 
our Lord Jesus Christ with all his- 
saints. 

4: 1. Furthermore then we be- 
seech you, brethren, and exhort yoa 
by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have 
received of us how ye ought to walk 
and to please God, so ye would 
abound more and morer for ye know 
what commandments we gave yoa 
by the Lord Jesus. For this is the 
will of God, even your sanctifica-' 
tion, that ye should abstain from for- 
nication : that every one of you 
should know how to possess his ves- 
sel in sanctification and honor, not 
in the lust of concupiscence, even 
as the Gentiles which know not 
God, 

5; 13. And be at peace among 
yourselves. 

Now we exhort you, brethren, 
warn them that are unruly, comfort 
the feeble-minded, support the weak, 
be patient toward all men. See that 
none render evil for evil unto any 
man ; but ever follow that which is 
good, both among yourselves, and to 
all men. Rejoice evermore. Pray 
without ceasing. In everything 
give thanks, for this is the will of 
God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 
Quench not the Spirit: despise not 
prophesyings. Prove all things ; 
hold fast that which is good : abstain 
from all appearance of evil. And 
the very God of peace sanctify you 
wholly j and I pray God your whole 
spirit, and soul, and body be pre- 
served blameless unto the coming of 
our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is 
he that calleth you, who also will 
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Brethren, pray for us. Greet all 
the brethren with a holy kiss. 

4: 6. That no man go beyond 
and defraud his brother in any mat- 
ter: because that the Lord is the 
avenger of all such, as we also 
have forewarned you and testified. 
For God hath not called us unto 
uncleanness, but unto holiness. He 
therefore that despiseth, despiseth 
not man, but God who hath also 
given unto us his Holy Spirit. 

1 Tim. 6: 11. But thou, man 
of God, flee these things; and fol- 
low after righteousness, godliness, 
faith, love, patience, meekness. 
Fight the good fight of faith, lay 
hold on eternal life, whereunto thou 
art also called, and hast professed a 
good profession before many wit- 
nesses. I give thee charge in the 
sight of God, who quickeneth all 
things, and before Christ Jesus, who 
before Pontius Pilate witnessed a 
good confession, that thou keep 
this commandment without spot, 
unrebukable, until the appearing of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, which in his 
times he shall show, who is the 
blessed and only Potentate, the 
King of kings, and Lord of lords ; 
who only hath immortality, dwell- 
ing in the light which no man can 
approach unto: whom no man 
hath seen, nor can see ; to whom 
be honor and power everlasting. 
Amen. 

1T Titus 2: 1. But speak thou the 
things which become sound doc- 
trine : that the aged men be sober, 
grave, temperate, sound in faith, in 
charity, in patience ; the aged wo- 
men likewise, that they be in beha- 
vior as becometh holiness, not false 
accusers, not given to much wine, 
teachers of good things ; that they 
may teach the young women to be 
sober, to love their husbands, to love 
their children, to be discreet, chaste, 
keepers at home, good, obedient to 
their own husbands, that the word 
of God be not blasphemed. Young 
men likewise exhort to be sober- 
minded. In all things showing thy- 
self a pattern of good works: in 
doctrine showing uncorruptness, 
gravity, sincerity, sound speech that 
cannot he condemned ; that he that 
is of the contrary part may be 
ashamed, having no evil thing to say 
of you. — 11. For the grace of 



God that bringeth salvation- hath 
appeared to all men, teaching us, 
that denying ungodliness and world- 
ly lusts, we should live soberly, 
righteously, and godly, in this pres- 
ent world ; looking lor that blessed 
hope, and the glorious appearing of 
the great God and our Savior Jesus 
Christ; who gave himself for us, 
that he might redeem us from all 
iniquity, and purify unto himself a 
peculiar people, zealous of good 
works. These things speak, and 
exhort, and rebuke with all author- 
ity. Let no man despise thee. 

Heb. 6:1. Therefore leaving the 
principles of the doctrine of Christ, 
let us go on unto perfection ; not lay- 
ing again the foundation of repent- 
ance from dead works, and of faith 
toward God, of the doctrine of 
baptisms, and of laying on of hands, 
and of resurrection of the dead, and 
of eternal judgment. 

IF 10: 19. Having therefore, breth- 
ren, boldness to enter into the 
holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a 
new and living way, which he hath 
consecrated for us, through the vail, 
(that is to say, his flesh ;) and hav- 
ing a high-priest over the house of 
God; let us draw near with a true 
heart, in full assurance of faith, 
having our hearts sprinkled from 
an evil conscience, and our bodies 
washed with pure water. Let us 
hold fast the profession of our faith, 
without wavering ; (for he is faith- 
ful that promised ;) and let us con- 
sider one another, to provoke unto 
love, and to good works: not for- 
saking the assembling of ourselves 
together, as the manner of some is ; 
but exhorting one another: and so 
much the more, as ye see the day 
approaching. 

1 Peter 4:1. Forasmuch then 
as Christ hath suffered for us in the 
flesh, arm yourselves likewise with 
the same mind ; (for he that hath 
suffered in the flesh hath ceased 
from sin ;) that, he no longer should 
live the rest of his time in the flesh 
to the lusts of men, but to the will 
of God. For the time past of our 
life may suffice us to have wrought 
the will of the Gentiles, when we 
walked in lasciviousness, lusts, ex- 
cess of wine, revellings, banquet- 
ings, and abominable idolatries ; 
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ye run not with them to the same 
excess of riot, speaking evil of you: 
who shall give account to him that 
is ready to judge the quick and the 
dead. For, for this cause was the 
gospel preached also to them that 
are dead, that they might be judged 
according to men in the flesh, but 
live according to God in the spirit. 

But the end of all things is at 
hand: be ye therefore sober, and 
watch unto prayer. And above all 
things have fervent charity among 
yourselves; for charity shall cover 
the multitude of sins. Use hospital- 
ity one to another without grudg- 
ing. As every man hath received 
the gift, even so minister the same 
one to another, as good stewards of 
the manifold grace of God. 

If any man speak, let him speak 
as the oracles of God ; if any man 
minister, let him do it, as of the 
ability which God giveth: that God 
in all things may be glorified through 
Jesus Christ ; to whom be praise 
and dominion forever and ever! 
Amen. 

IT 5: 6. Humble yourselves there- 
fore under the mighty hand of God, 
that he may exalt you in due time. 
Casting all your care upon him; 
for he careth for you. 

Be sober, be vigilant; because 
your adversary, the Devil, as a 
roaring lion, walketh about, seeking 
whom he may devour: whom resist, 
steadfast in the faith, knowing that 
the same afflictions are accomplish- 
ed in your brethren that are in the 
world. But the God of all grace, 
who hath called us unto his eternal 
glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye 
have suffered awhile, make you 
perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle 
you. To him be glory and domin- 
ion forever and ever! Amen. 

2 Peter 1 : 5. And besides this, 
giving all diligence, add to your 
faith, virtue ; and to virtue, knowl- 
edge ; and to knowledge, temper- 
ance ; and to temperance, patience ; 
and to patience, godliness ; and to 
godliness, brotherly kindness ; and 
to brotherly kindness, charity. For 
if these things be in you, and abound, 
they make you that ye shall neither 
be barren nor unfruitful in the 
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
But he that lacketh these things is 
blind, and cannot see afar off, and 



hath forgotten that he was purged 
from his old sins. — 12. "Where- 
fore I will not be negligent to put 
you always in remembrance of 
these things, though ye know them, 
and be established in the present 
truth. Yea, 1 think it meet, as. long 
as I am in this tabernacle, to stir 
you up by putting you in remem- 
brance ; knowing that shortly I must 
put off this my tabernacle, even as 
our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed 
me. Moreover, I will endeavor 
that ye may be able, after my de- 
cease, to have these things always 
in remembrance. 

1f S: 1. This second epistle, be- 
loved, I now write unto you ; in 
both which I stir up your pure 
minds by way of remembrance: 
that ye may be mindful of the words 
which Ave re spoken before by the 
holy prophets, and of the com- 
mandment of us the Apostles of the 
Lord and Savior. — 11. Seeing then 
that all these things shall be dis- 
solved, what manner of persons 
ought ye to be, in all holy conver- 
sation and godliness, looking for 
and hasting unto the coming of the 
day of God ? — 14. Wherefore, be- 
loved, seeing that ye look for such 
things, be diligent that ye may be 
found of him in peace, Avithout spot 
and blameless. 

1 John 1 : 6. If Ave say that we 
have fellowship with him, and Avalk 
in darkness, Ave lie, and do not the 
truth: but if we walk in the light, 
as he is in the light, Ave have fellow- 
ship one Avith another, and the blood 
of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us 
from all sin. If Ave say that we 
have no sin, Ave deceive ourselves, 
and the truth is not in us. 

Heb. 12: 1. Wherefore, seeing 
we also are compassed about Avith so 
great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay 
aside every Aveight, and the sin 
Avhich doth so easily beset us, and 
let us run Avith patience the race 
that is set before us, looking unto 
Jesus, the author and finisher of our 
faith ; Avho, for the joy that Avas set 
before him, endured the cross, des- 
pising the shame, and is set doAvn at 
the right hand of the throne of God. 
For consider him that endured such 
contradiction of sinners against him- 
I self, lest ye be Avearied and faint in 
I your minds. — 12. Wherefore lift 



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up the hands which hang down, and 
the feeble knees ; and make straight 
paths for your feet, lest that which 
is lame be turned out of the way: 
but let it rather be healed. Follow 
peace with all men, and holiness, 
without which no man shall see the 
Lord ; looking diligently, lest any 
man fail of the grace of God j lest 
any root of bitterness springing up, 
trouble you, and thereby many be 
defiled: lest there be any fornicator, 
or profane person, as Esau, who for 
one morsel of meat sold his birth- 
right. For ye know how that after- 
ward, when he would have inherited 
the blessing, he was rejected: for 
he found no place of repentance, 
though he sought it carefully with 
tears. 

1 Peter 2:1. Wherefore, laying 
aside all malice, and all guile, and 
hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil- 
speakings., as new-born babes, desire 
the sincere milk of the word, that 
ye may grow thereby: if so be ye 
have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 
To whom coming as unto a living 
stone, disallowed indeed of men, but 
.chosen of God, and precious, ye 
also, as lively stones, are built up a 
spiritual house, an holy priesthood, 
to offer up spiritual sacrifices, ac- 
ceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 

1: 13. Wherefore gird up the 
loins of your mind., be sober, and 
hope to the end for the grace that is 
to be brought unto you at the reve- 
lation of Jesus Christ ; as obedient 
children, not fashioning yourselves 
according to the former lusts in your 
ignorance ; but as he which hath 
called you is holy^ so be ye holy in 
all manner of conversation j because 
it is written, Be ye holy ; for I am 
holy. 

IF 2: 7. Unto you therefore which 
believe, he is precious : but unto 
them which be disobedient, 

The stone which the huilders disallowed, 
The same is made the head of the corner, 

and a stone of stumbling, and a rock 
of offence, even to them which 
stumble at the word, being disobe- 
dient ; whereunto also they were 
appointed. But ye are a chosen 
generation, a royal priesthood, a 
holy nation, a peculiar people ; that 
ye should show forth the praises of 
him who hath called you out of 
darkness into his marvellous light: 



which in time past were not a peo- 
ple, but are now the people of God: 
which had not obtained mercy, but 
now have obtained mercy. 

Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as 
strangers and pilgrims, abstain from 
fleshly lusts, which war against the 
soul ; having your conversation hon- 
est among the Gentiles: that, where- 
as, they speak against you as evil- 
doers, they may by your good works, 
which they shall behold, glorify God 
in the day of visitation. 

3: 8. Finally, be ye all of one 
mind, having compassion one of 
another ; love as brethren, be pit- 
iful, be courteous ; not rendering 
evil for evil, or railing for railing: 
but contrariwise, blessing ; knowing 
that ye are thereunto called, that ye 
should inherit a blessing. For he 
that will love life, and see good 
days, let him refrain his tongue from 
evil, and his lips that they speak no 
guile: let him eschew evil, and do 
£ood ; let him seek peace and ensue 
it. For the eyes of the Lord are 
over the righteous, and his ears are 
open unto their prayers: but the face 
of the Lord is against them that do 
evil. And who is he that will harm 
you, if ye be followers of that which 
is good? But and if ye suffer for 
righteousness' sake, happy are ye ; 
and be not afraid of their terror, 
neither be troubled ;. but sanctify the 
Lord God in your hearts. 

2 Peter 3: 17. Ye therefore be- 
loved seeing ye know these things 
before, beware, lest ye also, being 
led away with the error of the wick- 
ed, fall from your own steadfastness. 
But grow in grace and in the knowl- 
edge of our Lord and Savior Jesus 
Christ. 



§ ,6. DUTY TO RESIST TEMPTATION. 

I. Spirits have Access to our Minds, 
and Influence over them. 

1. Good Spirits. 

Mat. 18: 10. Take heed that ye 
despise not one of these little ones ; 
for I say unto you that in heaven 
their angels do always behold the 
face of my Father which is in 
heaven. 

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ministering spirits, sent forth to 
minister for them who shall be heirs 
of salvation? 

Gen. 24: 40. And he (Abraham) 
said unto me, The Lord before 
whom I walk will send his angel 
with thee and prosper thy way. 

48: 15. God, which fed me all 
my life long, unto this day ; the 
angel which redeemed me from all 
evil, bless the lads. 

Ps. 34 : 7. The angel of the 
Loun encampeth round about them 
that fear him, and delivered] them. 

91: 11. He shall give his angels 
charge over thee, to keep thee in all 
thy ways. They shall bear thee up 
in their hands, lest at any time thou 
dash thy foot against a stone. 

Dan. 6: 22. My God hath sent 
his angel and hath shut the lions' 
mouths, that they have not hurt me. 

Mat. 4: 11. Angels came and 
ministered unto him (Christ). 

Luke 22: 43. There appeared 
an angel unto him from heaven, 
strengthening him. 

2. Evil Spirits. 

Mat. 4: 1. Then was Jesus led 
up of the Spirit into the wilderness, 
to be tempted of the Devil. And 
when he had fasted forty days and 
forty nights, he was afterwards an j 
hungered. 

And when the Tempter came to 
him, he said, if thou be the Son of ' 
God, command that these stones be j 
made bread. But he answered and 
said, It is written, Man shall not j 
live by bread alone, but by every 
word that proceedeth out of the 
mouth of God. 

Then the Devil taketh him up 
into the holy city, and setteth him 
on a pinnacle of the temple, and 
saith unto him, If thou be the Son 
of God, cast thyself down, for it is 
written, 

He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: 
And in their hands they shall bear thee up. 
Lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a 
stone. 

Jesus said unto him, It is written 
again, Thou shalt not tempt the 
Lord thy God. 

Again the Devil taketh him up 
into an exceeding high mountain, 
and showeth him all the kingdoms 
of the world, and the glory of them, 
and saith unto him, All these things 



I will I give thee, if thou wilt fall 
down and worship me. Then saith 
Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, 
Satan! for it is written, Thou shalt 
worship the Lord thy God, and him 
only shalt thou serve. Then the 
Devil leaveth him, and behold, 
angels came and ministered unto 
him. 

12: 43. When the unclean Spirit 
has gone out of a man he walketh 
through dry places seeking rest and 
findetli none, ... he goeth and 
taketh with himself seven other 
spirits more wicked than himself. 

13: 38. The tares are the chil- 
dren of the wicked one, the enemy 
that sowed them is the Devil. 

1 Chron. 21: 1. Satan stood up 
against Israel and provoked David 
to number Israel. 

Luke 22: 31. Satan hath desired 
to have thee that he might sift thee 
as wheat. 

John 6: 70. Have not I chosen 
you twelve, and one of you is a 
devil? 

IT 13: 27. After the sop, Satan 
entered into him. 

8: 44. Ye are of your father, 
the Devil. 

Acts 5 : 3. Why hath Satan 
filled thy heart, to lie to the Holv 
Ghost? 

Eph. 2: 2. In time past ye walk- 
ed according to the course of this 
world, according to the prince of the 
power of the air ; the spirit that 
now worketh in the children of dis- 
obedience. 

1 Thess. 3: 5. For this cause . . . 
I sent to know your faith, lest by 
some means the tempter have tempt- 
ed you, and our labor be in vain. 

1 Tim. 5: 15. Some are already 
turned aside after Satan. 

Rev. 12 : 9. The great dragon 
was cast out, that old serpent, called 
the Devil and Satan, which deceiv- 
eth the whole world. 

Mat. 13: 19. W^hen any one 
heareth the word of the kingdom, 
and understandeth it not, then com- 
eth the wicked one and catcheth 
away that which was sown in his 
heart. 

Luke 8: 12. The Devil taketh 
away the word out of their hearts 
lest they should believe and be 

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world hath blinded the minds of them I 
that believe not. 

12: 7. Lest I should be exalted 
above measure, . . . there was given 
to me a thorn in the flesh, the mes- 
senger of Satan, to buffet me. 

2 Thess. 2: 9. The coming of 
the man of sin is after the working 
of Satan, with all power and signs 
and lying wonders, and with all 
deceivableness of unrighteousness in 
them that perish. 

1 Tim. 4: 1. Some shall depart 
from the faith giving heed to seduc- 
ing Spirits, and doctrines of devils. 

2 Cor. 11:3. 1 fear, lest by any 
means, as the serpent beguiled Eve 
through his subtlety, so your minds 
should be corrupted from the sim- 
plicity that is in Christ. — 14. For 
Satan himself is transformed into an 
angel of light. 

1 Peter 5:8. Be sober, be vigi- 
lant, because your adversary, the 
Devil, as a roaring lion walketh 
about, seeking whom he may devour. 

II. This Influence may be Resisted. 

1 Peter 5: 8. Your adversary, 
the Devil, as a roaring lion, goeth 
about, seeking whom he may de- 
vour ; whom resist, steadfast in the 
faith. 

Heb. 2 : 17. Wherefore in all 
things it behoved him to be made 
like unto his brethren ; that he might 
be a merciful and faithful High 
Priest in things pertaining to God, 
to make reconciliation for the sins 
of the people. For in that he him- 
self hath suffered, being tempted, he 
is able to succor them that are 
tempted. 

Heb. 4: 15. We have not a high- 
priest, that cannot be touched with 
the feeling of our infirmities: but 
was in all points tempted like as we 
are yet without sin. 

James 1 : 12. Blessed is the man 
that endureth temptation: for when 
he is tried, he shall receive the crown 
of life, which the Lord hath prom- 
ised to them that love him. Let no 
man say when he is tempted, I am 
tempted of God: for- God cannot 
be tempted with evil, neither tempt- 
eth he any man. But every man is 
tempted, when he is drawn away of 
his own lust, and enticed: then, 
when lust hath conceived, it bring- 
eth forth sin ; and sin, when it is 



finished, bringeth forth death.- Do 
not err, my beloved brethren. 

4: 7. Resist the Devil and he 
will flee from you. Draw nigh to 
God, and he will draw nigh to you. 

1 Peter 1 : 6. Though now for 
a season, (if need be) ye are in 
heaviness through manifold tempta- 
tions ; that the trial of your faith, 
being much more precious than of 
gold that perisheth, though it be 
tried with fire, might be found unto 
praise, and honor, and glory, at the 
appearing of Jesus Christ. 

Eph. 6: II. Put on the whole 
armor of God, that ye may be able 
to stand against the wiles of the 
Devil. — 12. We wrestle not against 
flesh and blood, but against princi- 
palities, against powers, against the 
rulers of the darkness of this world, 
against spiritual wickedness in high 
places. 

John 13 : 31. Now shall the 
prince of this world be cast out. 

Rom. 16: 20. The God of peace 
shall bruise Satan under your feet 
shortly. 

1 John 5: 18. He that is begot- 
ten of God keepeth himself, add that 
wicked one toucheth him not. 

Rev. 2: 7. To him that overcom- 
eth, will I give to eat of the tree of 
life. — 11. Shall not be hurt of the 
second death.— 26. Shall have pow- 
er over the nations. 

3: 5. Shall be clothed in white. — 
12. Shall be made a pillar in the 
temple of God. — 21. Shall sit with 
Christ on his throne. 

Eph. 4: 26. Let not the sun go 
i down upon your wrath; neither give 
I place to the Devil. 



§ 7. self denial. 

I. Temperance. 

Rom. 15: 1. We then that are 
strong ought to bear the infirmities 
of the weak, and not to please our- 
selves. Let every one of us please 
his neighbor for his good to edifica- 
tion. For even Christ pleased not 
himself; but, as it is written, 

The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell 
on me. 

For whatsoever things were written 
aforetime, were written for our 



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learning, that we through patience I 
and comfort of the Scriptures might 
have hope. Now the God of pa- ! 
tience and consolation grant you to 
be like-minded one toward another, 
according to Christ Jesus: that ye 
may with one mind and one mouth 
glorify God, even the Father of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

14: 20. For meat destroy not 
the work of God. All things indeed 
are pure: but it is evil for that man 
who eateth with offence. It is good 
neither to eat flesh nor to drink wine, 
nor any thing whereby thy brother 
stumbleth, or is offended, or is made 
weak. 

1 Cor. 8: 13. Wherefore, if meat 
make my brother to offend, I will 
eat no flesh while the world stand- 
eth, lest I make my brother to of- 
fend. 

Luke 1 : 15. For he shall be great 
in the sight of the Lord, and shall 
drink neither wine nor strong drink; 
and he shall be filled with the Holy 
Ghost, even from his mother's 
womb. 

Lev. 10: 8. And the Lord spake 
unto Aaron, saying, Do not drink 
wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy 
sons with thee, when ye go into the 
tabernacle of the congregation, lest 
ye die: it shall be a statute forever 
throughout your generations: and 
that ye may put difference between 
holy and unholy, and between un- 
clean and clean; and that ye may- 
teach the children of Israel all the 
statutes which the Lord hath spo- 
ken unto them by the hand of 
Moses. 

U" Judges 13: 7. But he said unto 
me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and 
bear a son; and now drink no wine 
nor strong drink, neither eat any un- 
clean thing. 

Jer. 35: 5. And I set before the 
sons of the house of the Rechabites 
pots full of wine, and cups, and I 
said unto them, Drink ye wine. But 
they said, We will drink no wine: 
for Jonadab the son of Kechab our 
father commanded us, saying, Ye 
shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor 
your sons forever: neither shall ye 
build house, norsowseed, nor plant 
vineyard, nor have any; but all your 
days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye 
may live many days in the land 
where ye be strangers. — 12. Then 



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came the word of the Lord unto 
Jeremiah, saying, Thus saith the 
Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; 
Go and tell the men of Judah and 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, will 
ye not receive instruction to hearken 
to my words? saith the Lord. The 
words of Jonadab the son of Re- 
chab, that he commanded his sons 
not to drink wine, are performed; 
for unto this day they drink none, 
but obey their father's command- 
ment; notwithstanding I have spo- 
ken unto you, rising early and 
speaking; but ye hearkened not unto 
me. I have sent also unto you all 
my servants the prophets, rising up 
early and sending them, saying, Re- 
turn ye now every man from his 
evil way, and amend your doings, 
and go not after other gods to serve 
them, and ye shall dwell in the land 
which I have given to you and to 
your fathers: but ye have not in- 
clined your ear, nor hearkened un- 
to me. Because the sons of Jonadab 
the son of Rechab have performed 
the commandment of their father, 
which he commanded them; but this 
people have not hearkened unto me: 
I therefore thus saith the Lord God 
I of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, 
I will bring upon Judah and upon 
all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all 
the evil that I have pronounced 
against them : because I have spoken 
unto them, but they have not heard; 
] and I have called unto them, but 
I they have not answered. And Jer- 
j emiah said unto the house of the 
! Rechabites, Thus saith the Lord 
of hosts, the God of Israel: Because 
ye have obeyed the commandment 
of Jonadab your father, and kept 
| all his precepts, and done according 
, unto all that he hath commanded 
j you: therefore, thus saith the Lord 
of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab 
the son of Rechab shall not want a 
man to stand before me forever. 

1T Lam. 4: 6. For the punishment 
of the iniquity of the daughter of my 
people is greater than the punish- 
ment of the sin of Sodom, that was 
overthrown as in a moment, and no 
! hands stayed on her. Her Naza- 
\ rites were purer than snow, they 
I were whiter than milk, they were 
; more ruddy in body than rubies, 
their polishing was of sapphire, 
their visage is blacker than a coal; 



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they are not known in the streets; 
their skin cleaveth to their bones; it 
is withered; it is become like a 
stick. 

Dan. 1 : 8. But Daniel purposed 
in his heart that he would not defile 
himself with the portion of the 
king's meat, nor with the wine which 
he drank; therefore he requested of 
the prince of the eunuchs that he 
might not defile himself. Now God 
had brought Daniel into favor and 
tender love with the prince of the 
eunuchs. And the prince of the eu- 
nuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my 
lord the king, who hath appointed 
your meat and your drink: for why 
should he see your faces worse 
liking than the children which are 
of your sort? thenshallye make me 
endanger my head to the king. Then 
said Daniel to Melzar, whom the 
prince of the eunuchs had set over 
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and 
Azariah, prove thy servants, I be- 
seech thee, ten days; and let them 
give us pulse to eat, and water to 
drink. Then let our countenances 
be looked upon before thee, and the 
countenance of the children that eat 
of the portion of the king's meat: 
and as thou seest, deal with thy ser- 
vants. So he consented to them in 
this matter, and proved them ten 
days. And at the end of ten days 
their countenances appeared fairer 
and fatter in flesh than all the chil- 
dren which did eat the portion of 
the king's meat. Thus Melzar took 
away the portion of their meat, and 
the wine that they should drink; and 
gave them pulse. 

IT As for these four children, God 
gave them knowledge and skill in [ 
all learning and wisdom: and Daniel j 
had understanding in all visions and j 
dreams. Now at the end of the 
days that the king had said he should 
bring them in, then the prince of i 
the eunuchs brought them in before j 
Nebuchadnezzar." And the king j 
communed with them ; and among ' 
them all was found none like Dan- j 
iel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azari- 
ah : therefore stood they before the i 
king. And in all matters of wisdom 
and understanding, that the king in- 
quired of them, he found them ten j 
times better than all the magicians 
and astrologers that were in all his 
realm. And Daniel continued 



even unto the first year of king 
Cyrus. 

Prov. 20: 1. Wine is a mocker; 
strong drink is raging; and who- 
soever is deceived thereby is not 
wise. 

23: 20. Be not among wine bib- 
bers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 
for the drunkard and the glutton 
shall come to poverty. — 29. Who 
hath woe? who hath sorrow? who 
hath contention? who hath bab- 
bling? who hath wounds without 
cause? who hath redness of eyes? 
They that tarry long at the wine: 
they that go to seek mixed wine. 
Look not thou upon the wine when 
it is red, when it nioveth itself aright, 
when it giveth its color in the cup. 
At the last it biteth like a serpent, 
and stingeth like an adder. 

Deut. 14: 26. Thou shalt bestow 
that money for whatsoever thy soul 
lusteth after; for oxen, or for sheep, 
or for wine, or for strong drink. 

Ps. 106: 13. They soon forgat his 
works, they waited not for his coun- 
sel: but lusted exceedingly in the 
wilderness, and tempted God in the 
desert. And he gave them their re- 
quest, but sent leanness into their 
soul. 

Isa. 5: 11. Woe unto them that 
rise up early in the morning, that 
they may follow after strong drink; 
that continue until night, till wine 
inflame them. — 22. Woe unto them 
that are mighty to drink wine, and 
men of strength to mingle strong 
drink. 

IT 28: 7. They also have erred 
through wine, and through strong 
drink are out of the way. The 
priest and the prophet have erred 
through strong drink; they are swal- 
lowed up of wine, they are out of 
the way through strong drink; they 
err in judgment, they stumble in 
vision. 

Amos 2:11. I raised up of your 
sons for prophets, and of your young 
men for Nazarites . . . but ye gave 
the Nazarites wine to drink; and 
commanded the prophets, saying, 
Prophesy not. Behold, I am pressed 
under you, as a cart is pressed that 
is full of sheaves. 

Hab. 2:15. Woe unto him that 
giveth his neighbor drink, that put- 
test thy bottle to him and makest 
him drunken also. 



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EVIDENCES OF PIETY. 
§ 1. FROM THE LIFE, OR OBEDIENCE. 

Mat. 7: 16. Ye shall know them 
by their fruits. Do men gather 
grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 
Even so every good tree bringeth 
forth good fruit: but a corrupt tree 
bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree 
cannot bring forth evil fruit. —21. Not 
every one that saith unto me, Lord, 
Lord, shall enter into the kingdom 
of heaven, but he that doeth the will 
of my Father which is in heaven. 
Many will say to me in that day, 
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied 
in thy name, and in thy name have 
cast out devils, and in thy name 
done many wonderful works? And 
then will I profess unto them, I 
never knew you, depart from me 
ye that work iniquity. 

Luke 11: 28. Blessed are they 
that hear the word of God and keep it. 

Mat. 7: 24. Whosoever heareth 
these sayings of mine and doeth 
them, shall be likened unto a wise 
man, that built his house upon a 
rock. 

John 8: 30. As he spake these 
words, many believed on him. Then 
said Jesus to those Jews which be- 
lieved on him, If ye continue in my 
word, then are ye my disciples in- 
deed ; and ye shall know the truth, 
and the truth shall make you free. 

14: 18. I will not leave you com- 
fortless: I will come to you. Yet a 
little while, and the world seeth me 
no more, but ye see me: because I 
live, ye shall live also. At that day 
ye shall know that I am in my Fa- 
ther, and ve in me, and I'm you. He 
that hath my commandments, and 
keepeth them, he it is that loveth 
me: and he that loveth me, shall be 
loved of my Father, and I will love 
him, and will manifest myself to 
him. 

1T Judas saith unto him, (not 
Iscariot,) Lord, how is it that thou 
wilt manifest thyself unto us, and 
not unto the world ? Jesus answered 
and said unto him, If a man love 
me, he will keep my words: and my 
Father will love him, and we will 
SO 



come unto him, and make onr abode 
with him. He that loveth me not, 
keepeth not my sayings: and the 
word which ye hear is not mine, 
but the Father's which sent me. 

21 : 15. So when they had dined, 
Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, 
son of Jonas, lovest thou me more 
than these? He saith unto him, 
Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love 
thee. He saith unto him, Feed my 
lambs. He saith to him again the 
second time, Simon, son of Jonas, 
lovest thou me? He saith unto him, 
Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love 
thee. He saith unto him, Feed my 
sheep. He saith unto him the third 
time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest 
thou me? Peter was grieved be- 
cause he said unto him the third 
time, Lovest thou me? And he said 
unto him, Lord, thou knowest all 
things; thou knowest that. I love 
thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed 
my sheep. 

1 Cor. 11: 27. Wherefore, who- 
soever shall eat this bread, and drink 
this cup of the Lord, unworthily, 
shall be guilty of the body and blood 
of the Lord. But let a man exam- 
ine himself, and so let him eat of 
that bread, and drink of that cup; 
for he that eateth and drinketh un- 
worthily, eateth and drinketh dam- 
nation to himself, not discerning the 
Lord's body. For this cause many 
are weak and sickly among you, 
and many sleep. For if we would 
judge ourselves, we should not be 
judged. But when we are judged, 
we are chastened of the Lord, that 
we should not be condemned with 
the world. Wherefore, my breth- 
ren, when ye come together to eat, 
tarry one for another, 

2 Cor. 5: 16. Wherefore hence- 
forth know we no man after the 
flesh: yea, though we have known 
Christ after the flesh, yet now hence- 
forth know we him no more. There- 
fore, if any man be in Christ, he is 
a new creature; old things are pass- 
ed away; behold all things are be- 
come new. 

1T James 1 : 27. Pure religion and 
undented before God and the Father 
is this, to visit the fatherless and 
widows in their affliction, and to 
keep himself unspotted from the 
world. 

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always to give an answer to every 
man that asketh you a reason of the 
hope that is in you, with meekness 
and fear: having a good conscience; 
that, whereas they speak evil of you, 
as of evil-doers, they may be 
ashamed that falsely accuse your 
good conversation in Christ. 

1 John 2: 3. And hereby we do 
know that we know him, if we keep 
his commandments. He that saith, 
I know him, and keepeth not his 
commandments, is a liar, and the 
truth is not in him. But whoso keep- 
eth his word, in him verily is the 
love of God perfected: hereby know 
we that we are in him. He that saith 
he abideth in him, ought himself 
also so to walk, even as he walked. 
3: 3. And every man that hath this 
hope in him, purifieth himself, even 
as he is pure. Whosoever commit- 
teth sin, transgresseth also the law; 
for sin is the transgression of the 
law. And ye know that he was 
manifested to take away our sins; 
and in him is no sin. Whosoever 
abideth in him sinneth not: whoso- 
ever sinneth hath not seen him, nei- 
ther known him. Little children, 
let no man deceive you: he that 
doeth righteousness is righteous, 
even as he is righteous. He that 
committeth sin is of the Devil; for 
the Devil sinneth from the begin- 
ning. For this purpose the Son of 
God was manifested, that he might 
destroy the works of the Devil. 
Whosoever is born of God doth not 
commit sin ; for his seed remaineth 
in him: and he cannot sin, because 
he is born of God. In this the chil- 
dren of God are manifest, and the 
children of the Devil. 

Whosoever doeth not righteousness 
is not of God, neither he that loveth 
not his brother. For this is the mes- 
sage that ye heard from the begin- 
ning, that we should love one another. 

IT 5: 1. Whosoever believeth that 
Jesus is the Christ, is born of God: 
and every one that loveth him that 
begat, loveth him also that is begot- 
ten of him. By this we know that 
we love the children of God, when 
we love God, and keep his com- 
mandments. For this is the love of 
God, that we keep his command- 
ments; and his commandments are 
not grievous. For whatsoever is 
born of God, overcometh the world; 



and this is the victory that, over- 
cometh the world, even our faith. 
W r ho is he that overcometh the 
world, but he that believeth that Je- 
sus is the Son of God? 

3 John 11. Beloved, follow not 
that which is evil, but that which is 
good. He that doeth good is of 
God: but he that doeth evil hath not 
seen God. 

Rom. 8: 1. There is therefore now 
no condemnation to them which are 
in Christ Jesus, who walk not after 
the flesh, but after the Spirit. For 
the law of the Spirit of life in Christ 
Jesus hath made me free from the 
law of sin and death. For what the 
law could not do, in that it was 
weak through the flesh, God, sending 
his own Son in the likeness of sinful 
flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in 
the flesh: that the righteousness of 
the law might be fulfilled in us, who 
walk not after the flesh, but after the 
Spirit. For they that are after the 
flesh, do mind the things of the flesh: 
but they that are after the Spirit, the 
things of the Spirit. For to be car- 
nally minded is death; but to be 
spiritually minded is life and peace; 
because the carnal mind is enmity 
against God: for it is not subject to 
the law of God, neither indeed can 
be. So then they that are in the 
flesh cannot please God. 

IT John 15:1. I am the true vine, 
and my Father is the husbandman. 
Every branch in me that heareth 
not fruit, he taketh away: and every 
branch that beareth fruit, he purg- 
eth it, that it may bring forth more 
fruit. Now ye are clean through 
the word which I have spoken unto 
you. Abide in me, and I in you. 
As the branch cannot bear fruit of 
itself, except it abide in the vine; no 
more can ye, except ye abide in me. 
I am the vine; ye are the branches: 
he that abideth in me, and I in him, 
the same bringeth forth much fruit: 
for without me ye can do nothing. 
If a man abide not in me, he is cast 
forth as a branch, and is withered; 
and men gather them, and cast them 
into the fire, and they are burned. 
If ye abide in me, and my words 
abide in you, ye shall ask what ye 
will, and it shall be done unto you. 
Herein is my Father glorified, that 
ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be 
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As the Father hath loved me, so 
have I loved you : continue ye in my 
love. ' If ye keep my command- 
ments, ye shall ahide in my love; 
even as I have kept my Father's 
commandments, and abide in his 
love. These things have I spoken 
unto you, that my joy might remain 
in you, and that your joy might he 
full. This is my commandment, 
That ye love one another, as I have 
loved you. Greater love hath no 
man than this, that a man lay down 
his life for his friends. Ye are my 
friends, if ye do whatsoever I com- 
mand you. Henceforth I call you 
not servants; for the servant know- 
eth not what his lord doeth: hut I 
have called you friends ; for all 
things that I have heard of my Fa- 
ther, I have made known unto you. 
Ye have not chosen me, but I have 
chosen you, and ordained you, that 
ye should go and bring forth fruit, 
and that your fruit should remain: 
that whatsoever ye shall ask of the 
Father in my name, he may give it 
you. 

Acts 2: 42. And they continued 
steadfastly in the Apostles' doctrine 
and fellowship, and in breaking of 
bread, and in prayers. 

And fear came upon every soul: 
and many wonders and signs were 
done by the Apostles. And all that 
believed were together, and had all 
things common; and sold their pos- 
sessions and goods, and parted them 
to all men, as every man had need. 
And they, continuing daily with one 
accord in the temple, and break- 
ing bread from house to house, did 
eat their meat with gladness and 
singleness of heart, praising God, 
and having favor with all the 
people. 

H 1 Cor. 9: 24. Know ye not, that 
they which run in a race, run all, 
but one receiveth the prize? So 
run that ye may obtain. And every 
one that striveth for the mastery is 
temperate in all things. Now they 
do it to obtain a corruptible crown, 
but we an incorruptible. I there- 
fore so run, not as uncertainly. So 
fight I, not as one that beateth the 
air; but I keep under my body and 
bring it into subjection, lest that by 
any means when I have preached to 
others, I myself should be a cast- 
away. 



§ 2. SUPREME LOVE TO GOD. 

Luke 14 : 25. And there went great 
multitudes with him: and he turned, 
and said unto them, If any man come 
to me, and hate not his father, and 
mother, and wife, and children, and 
brethren, and sisters, yea, and his 
own life also, he cannot be my dis- 
ciple. And whosoever doth not 
bear his cross, and come after me, 
cannot be my disciple. — 33. Who- 
soever he be of you, that forsaketh 
not all that he hath, he cannot be 
my disciple. Salt is goon 1 ; but if 
the salt have lost his savor, where- 
with shall it be seasoned? It is nei 
ther fit for the land, nor yet for the 
dunghill; but men cast it out. 

12: 33. Sell that ye have and give 
alms; provide yourselves bags which 
wax not old; a treasure in the heav- 
ens that faileth not; where no thief 
approacheth, neither moth corrupt- 
eth ; for where your treasure is, 
there will your heart be also. 

John 12: 25. He that loveth his 
life shall lose it ; and he that hateth 
his life, in this world, shall keep it 
unto life eternal. If any man serve 
me, let him follow me; and where I 
am, there shall also my servant be: 
if any man serve me, him will my 
Father honor. 

I John 4: 14. And we have seen 
and do testify, that the Father sent 
the Son to be the Savior of the 
world. Whosoever shall confess 
that Jesus is the Son of God, God 
dwelleth in him, and he in God. 
And we have known and believed 
the love that God hath to us. God 
is love: and he that dwelleth in love 
dwelleth in God, and God in him. 
Herein is our love made perfect, 
that we may have boldness in the 
day of judgment: because as he is, 
so are we in this world. There is 
no fear in love: but perfect love 
casteth out fear: because fear hath 
torment. He that feareth is not 
made perfect in love. We love him 
because he first loved us. 

II Mark 8: 34. And when he had 
called the people unto him with his 
disciples also, he said unto them. 
Whosoever will come after me, let 
him deny himself, and take up his 
cross, and follow me. For whoso- 
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but whosoever shall lose his life for 
my sake and the gospel's, the same 
shall save it. 

Rom. 12: 1. I beseech you there- 
fore, brethren, by the mercies of God, 
that ye present your bodies a living 
sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, 
which is your reasonable service. 
And be not conformed to this world ; 
but be ye transformed by the renew- 
ing of your mind, that ye may prove 
what is that good and acceptable 
aud perfect will of God. 



§ 3. LOVE TO CHRISTIANS. 

John 13: 34. A new command- 
ment I give unto you, That ye love 
<one another ; as I have loved you, 
that ye also love one another. By 
this shall all men know that ye are 
my disciples, if ye have love one to 
another. 

1 John 2: 7. Brethren, I write 
no new commandment unto you, but 
an old commandment which ye had 
from the beginning. The old com- 
mandment is the word which ye 
have heard from the beginning. 
Again, a new commandment I write 
unto you, which thing is true in him 
and in you: because the darkness is 
past, and the true light now shineth. 
He that saith he is in the light, and 
hateth his brother, is in darkness 
even until now. He that loveth his 
brother abideth in the light, and 
there is none occasion of stumbling 
in him. But he that hateth his 
brother is in darkness, and walketh 
in darkness, and knoweth not whith- 
er he goeth ; because that darkness 
hath blinded his eyes. 

3: 13. Marvel not, my brethren, 
if the world hate you. We know 
that we have passed from death unto 
life, because we love the brethren. 
He that loveth not his brother, abid- 
eth in death. Whosoever hateth his 
brother, is a murderer: and ye know 
that no murderer hath eternal life 
abiding in him. Hereby perceive 
we the love of God, because he laid 
down his life for us: -and we ought 
to lay down our lives for the breth- 
ren. But whoso hath this world's 
good, and seeth his brother have 
need, and shutteth up his bowels of 
compassion from him, how dwelleth 
the love of God in him ? My little 



children, let us not love in word, 
neither in tongue, but in deed and 
in truth. 

And hereby we know that we are 
of the truth, and shall assure our 
hearts before him. For if our heart 
condemn us, God is greater than our 
heart, and knoweth all things. 

4: 7. Beloved, let us love one 
another: for love is of God ; and 
every one that loveth is born of God, 
and knoweth God. He that loveth 
not, knoweth not God ; for God is 
love. In this was manifested the 
love of God toward us, because that 
God sent his only begotten Son into 
the world, that we might live through 
him. Herein is love, not that we 
loved God, but that he loved us, and 
sent his Son to be the propitiation 
for our sins. Beloved, if God so 
loved us, we ought also to love one 
another. No man hath seen God at 
any time. If we love one another, 
God dwelleth in us, and his love is 
perfected in us. Hereby know we 
that we dwell in him, and he in us, 
because he hath given us of his Spir- 
it. — 20. If a man say, I love God, 
and hateth his brother, he is a liar. 
For he that loveth not his brother, 
whom he hath seen, how can he love 
God, whom he hath not seen ? and 
this commandment have we from 
him, That he who loveth God love 
his brother also. 

Gal. 5: 14. All the law is ful- 
filled in one word, even in this, Thou 
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 



§4. 



LOVE TO ENEMIES AND TO ALL 

MEN. 



Mat. 6: 12. Forgive us our debts, 
as we forgive our debtors. 

18: 81. So when his fellow ser- 
vants saw what was done, they were 
very sorry, and came and told unto 
their lord all that was done. Then 
his lord, after that he had called 
him, saith unto him, O thou wicked 
servant ; I forgave thee all that debt 
because thou desiredst me. Shouldst 
not thou also have had compassion 
on thy fellow servant, even as I had 
pity on thee? And his Lord was 
wroth, and delivered him to the tor- 
mentors, till he should pay all that 
was due unto him. So likewise shall 
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you, if ye from your hearts forgive 
not every one his brother their tres- 
passes. 

Luke 6: 27. I say unto you that 
hear, Love your enemies, do good to 
them that hate you, bless them that 
curse you, and pray for them that 
despitefuliy use you. 



CHAPTER IV. 



DOCTRINES OF GRACE. 



§1. 



REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. 



(For the Efficacy of his Death, see 
Part II. First Topic. Christ a 
Redeemer, p. 121. Many doctrines 
are illustrated inseparably from 
precedmg topics.) 

II. Influence of the Resurrection of 
Christ. 

Rom. 1 : 3. Jesus Christ our Lord, 
which was made of the seed of Da- 
vid according to the flesh ; and de- 
clared to be the Son of God with 
power, according to the Spirit of 
holiness, by the resurrection from 
the dead. 

8: 11. But if the Spirit of him 
that raised up Jesus from the dead 
dwell in you, he that raised up Christ 
from the dead shall also quicken 
3 r our mortal bodies, by his Spirit that 
dwelleth in you. — 34. Who is he 
that condemneth ? It is Christ that 
died ; yea rather, that is risen again ; 
who is even at the right hand of 
God ; who also maketh intercession 
for us. 

1 Cor. 15: 21. As by man came 
death, by man came also the resur- 
rection of the dead. For, as in 
Adam all die, even so in Christ shall 
all be made alive. 

2 Tim. 2: 8. Remember that 
Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, 
was raised from the dead, accord- 
ing to my gospel ; wherein I suffer 
trouble, as an evil-doer, even unto 
bonds ; but the word of God is not 
bound. Therefore I endure all things 
for the elect's sake, that they may 
also obtain the salvation which is in 
Christ Jesus -with eternal glory. 

1 Pet. 1 : 3. Blessed be the God 



and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
which, according to his abundant 
mercy, hath begotten us again unto 
a lively hope by the resurrection of 
Jesus Christ from the dead, to an 
inheritance incorruptible, and unde- 
nted, and lhat fadeth not away, re- 
served in heaven for you, who are 
kept by the power of God through 
faith unto, salvation, ready to be re- 
vealed in the last time. 

Heb. 13: 20. Now the God of 
peace, that brought again from the 
dead our Lord Jesus, that great 
Shepherd of the sheep, through the 
blood of the everlasting covenant, 
make you perfect in every good 
work, to do his will, working in you 
that which is well-pleasing in his 
sight, through Jesus Christ ; to whom 
be glory forever and ever ! Amen. 

Eph. 2: 4. God, who is rich in 
mercy, for the great love wherewith 
he loved us, even when we were 
dead in trespasses and sins, hath 
quickened us together with Christ. 

Col. 2: 13. You being dead in 
trespasses and sins hath he quick- 
ened together with him. 



§ 2. REGENERATION by the spirit. 

I. Various Representations of a 
Saving Change. 

John 3:1. There was a man of 
the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a 
ruler of the Jews: the same came 
to Jesus by night, and said unto 
him, Rabbi, we know that thou art 
a teacher come from God: for no 
man can do these miracles that thou 
doest, except God be with him. 
Jesus answered and said unto him, 
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Ex- 
cept a man be born again, he cannot 
see the kingdom of God. Nicode- 
mus saith unto him, How can a man 
be born when he is old ? can he en- 
ter the second time into his mother's 
womb, and be born ? 

Titus 3: 4. But after that the 
kindness and love of God, our Savior, 
toward man appeared, not by works 
of righteousness which we have 
done, but according to his mercy he 
saved us, by the washing of regen- 
eration, and renewing of the Holy 
Ghost, which he shed on us abun- 



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dantly through Jesus Christ, our Sa- 
vior. 

2 Cor. 5: 17. If any man be in 
Christ, he is a new creature ; old 
things have passed away ; behold all 
things are become new. 

Gal. 6: 15. Jn Christ Jesus nei- 
ther circumcision availeth anything, 
nor uncircumcision ; but a new crea- 
ture. 

Ezek. 13: 30. Repent and turn 
yourselves from all your transgres- 
sions ; so iniquity shall not be your 
ruin. Cast away from you all your 
transgressions whereby you have 
transgressed, and make you a new 
heart and a new spirit ; for why 
will ye die ? For I have no pleasure 
in the death of him that dieth, saith 
the Lord God ; wherefore turn your- 
selves and live ye. 

Ps. 51 : 10. Create in me a clean 
heart, O Lord, and renew a right 
spirit within me. 

Eph. 4: 20. But ye have not so 
learned Christ ; if so be that ye have 
heard him and have been taught by 
him, as the truth is in Jesus ; that 
ye put off concerning the former 
conversation the old man, which is 
corrupt according to the deceitful 
lusts, and be renewed in the spirit 
of your mind ; and that ye put on 
the" new man, which after God is 
created in righteousness and true 
holiness. 

(See Part II. First Topic, chap. II. 
p. 127.) 



§ 3. ELECTION. 

I. God chooses the heirs of Sal- 
vation. 

Mat. 11: 25. At that time Jesus 
answered and said, I thank thee, 
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, 
because thou hast hid these things 
from the wise and prudent, and hast 
revealed them unto babes. Even so, 
Father, for so it seemed good in thy 
sight ! All things are delivered unto 
me of my Father ; and no man 
knoweth the Son, bat the Father ; 
neither knoweth any man the Fath- 
er, save the Son, and he to whomso- 
ever the Son will reveal hirn. 

13: 16. But blessed are your eyes, 
for they see, and your ears, for they 
hear. For, verily, I say unto you, 



That many prophets and righteous 
men have desired to see those things 
which ye see, and have not seen 
them ; and to hear those things 
which ye hear, and have not heard 
them. 

15: 13. Every plant which my 
heavenly Father hath not planted 
shall be rooted up. Let them alone. 
They be blind leaders of the blind. 

24: 22. For the elect's sake those 
days shall be shortened. 

Luke 10: 20. In this rejoice not, 
that the spirits are subject unto you ; 
but rather rejoice that your names 
are written in the Lamb's book of 
life. 

John 6: 39. This is the Father's 
will which hath sent me ; that of all 
which he hath given me, I should 
lose nothing ; but should raise it up 
again at the last day. And this is 
the will of him that sent me, that 
every one that seeth the Son, and 
believeth on him, may have ever- 
lasting life ; and I will raise him up 
at the last day. 

10:7. I am the door of the sheep. 
All that ever came before me are 
thieves and robbers: but tb*3 sheep 
did not hear them. — 14. I am the 
good shepherd, and know my sheep, 
and am known of mine. — 16. Other 
sheep I have, which are not of this 
fold: them also must I bring, and 
they shall hear my voice. — 25. Ye 
believe not, because ye are not of my 
sheep as I said unto you. My sheep 
hear my voice, and 1 know them, 
and they follow me: and I give unto 
them eternal life, and they shall nev- 
er perish, neither shall any pluck 
them out of my hand. My Father 
which gave them me is greater than 
all ; and none is able to pluck them 
out of my Father's hand. I and my 
Father are one. 

13: 18. I speak not of you all ; 
I know whom I have chosen ; but 
that the scripture may be fulfilled, 

He that eateth bread with me, 
Hath lifted up his heel against me. 

Now I tell you before it come, that 
when it is come to pass, ye may be- 
lieve that I am he. 

IF 15: 16. Ye have not chosen me, 
but I have chosen you, and ordained 
you, that ye should go, and bring 
forth fruit, and that your fruit should 
remain. — 19. I have chosen you 
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Rom. 9:11. The children being 
not yet born, neither having done 
good or evil, (that the purpose of 
God according to election might 
stand, not of works, but of him that 
calleth,) . . . it was said unto her, 
The elder shall serve the younger. 
As it is written, 

Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. 

He saith to Moses, I will have mercy 
on whom I will have mercy, and I 
will have compassion on whom I 
will have compassion. So then it 
is not of him that willeth, nor of him 
that runneth, but of God that show- 
eth mercy. 

Thou wilt say then unto me, Why 
doth he yet find fault ? for who hath 
resisted his will ? Nay, but, O man, 
who art thou that repliest against 
God ? Shall the thing formed say 
of him that formed it, why hast thou 
made me thus ? Has not the potter 
power over the clay of the same 
lump, to make one vessel unto honor 
and another unto dishonor ? What 
if God, willing to show his wrath, 
and make his power known, en- 
dured with much long suffering the 
vessels of wrath fitted to destruc- 
tion ; and that he might make known 
the riches of his glory on the vessels 
of mercy, which he had before pre- 
pared unto glory, even us whom he 
hath called, not of the Jews only, 
but also of the gentiles. 

11:4. I have reserved to myself 
seven thousand men, who have not 
bowed the knee to the image of Ba- 
al. Even so at this present time, 
also there is a remnant according to 
the election of grace. And if by 
grace then it is no more of works ; 
otherwise grace is no more grace. — 
7. Israel hath not obtained that 
which he seeketh for ; but the elec- 
tion hath obtained it, and the rest 
were blinded. 

H 1 Cor. 1:1, Paul, called to be an 
Apostle of Jesus Christ through the 
will of God, and Sosthenes our broth- 
er, unto the church of God which is 
at Corinth, to them that are sancti- 
fied in Christ Jesus, called to be 
saints, with all that in every place 
call upon the name of Jesus Christ 
our Lord, both theirs and ours : 
Grace be unto you, and peace from 
God our Father, and from the Lord 
Jesus Christ. 



I thank my God always on your 
behalf, for the grace of God which 
is given you by Jesus Christ ; that 
in every thing ye are enriched by 
him, in all utterance, and in all 
knowledge ; even as the testimony 
of Christ was confirmed in you: so 
that ye come behind in no gift ; 
waiting for the coming of our Lord 
Jesus Christ: who shall also confirm 
you unto' the end, that ye may be 
blameless in the d.iy of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by 
whom ye were called unto the fellow- 
ship of his Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord. — 26. For ye see your call- 
ing, brethren, how that not many 
wise men after the flesh, not many 
mighty, not many noble are called: 
but God hath chosen the foolish 
things of the world to confound the 
wise ; and God hath chosen the 
weak things of the world to confound 
the things which are mighty ; and 
base things of the world, and things 
which are despised, hath God cho- 
sen, yea, and things which are not, 
to bring to naught things that are ;. 
that no flesh should glory in his 
presence. But of him are ye in 
Christ Jesus, who of God is made- 
unto us wisdom, and righteousness, 
and sanctification, and redemption; 
that, according as it is written, 

He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 

Eph. 1: 3. Blessed be the God 
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
who hath blessed us with all spirit- 
ual blessings in heavenly places in 
Christ: according as he hath chosen 
us in him, before the foundation of 
the world, that we should be holy 
and without blame before him in love: 
having predestinated ' us unto the 
adoption of children by Jesus Christ 
to himself, according to the good 
pleasure of his will, to the praise 
of the glory of his grace, wherein 
he hath made us accepted in the Be- 
loved. — 11. In whom also we have 
obtained an inheritance, being pre- 
destinated according to the purpose 
of him who worketh all things after 
the counsel of his own will, that we 
should be to the praise of his glory, 
who first trusted in Christ. 

1f 1 Thes. 1 : 2. We give thanks to 
God always for you all, making 
mention of you in our prayers ; 
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work of faith, and labor of love, 
and patience of hope in our Lord 
Jesus Christ, in the sight of God 
and our Father ; knowing, breth- 
ren beloved, your election of God: 
for our gospel came not unto you 
in word only, but also in power, 
and in the Holy Ghost, and in much 
assurance. 

1 Pet. 1: 1. Peter, an Apostle 
of Jesus Christ, to the strangers 
scattered throughout Pontus, Gala- 
tia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 
elect according to the foreknowledge 
of God the Father, through sancti- 
fication of the Spirit unto obedience, 
and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus 
Christ: Grace unto you, and peace 
be multiplied. 

James 1 : 17. Every good gift 
and every perfect gift is from above, 
and cometh down from the Father 
of lights, with whom is no variable- 
ness, neither shadow of turning. Of 
his own will begat he us with the 
word of truth, that we should be a 
kind of first-fruits of his creatures. 

Jude 3. Beloved, when I gave 
all diligence to write unto you of 
the common salvation, it was need- 
ful for me to write unto you, and 
exhort you that ye should earnestly 
contend for the faith which was 
once delivered unto the saints. For 
there are certain men crept in una- 
wares, Avho were before of old 
ordained to this condemnation, un- 
godly men, turning the grace of our 
God into lasciviousness, and denying 
the only Lord God, and our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

IT John 17:2. Thou hast given 
him power over all flesh, that 
he should give eternal life to as 
many as thou hast given him. 
— 6. I have manifested thy name 
unto the men which thou gavest 
me out of the world. Thine 
they were, and thou gavest them 
me: and they have kept thy word. 
Now they have known that all 
things whatsoever thou hast given 
me are of thee: for I have given 
unto them the words which thou 
gavest me ; and theyliave received 
them, and have known surely that I 
came out from thee, and they have 
believed that thou didst send me. 
I pray for them: I pray not for the 
world, but for them which thou hast 
given me ; for they are thine. 



Acts 2: 47. And the Lord added 
to the church daily such as should 
be saved. 

27: 23. For there stood by me 
this night the angel of God, whose 
I am, and whom I serve, saying, 
Fear not, Paul ; thou must be 
brought before Cesar: and lo, God 
hath given- thee all them that sail 
with thee. Wherefore, sirs, be of 
good cheer: for I believe God, that 
it shall be even as it was told me. 
Howbeit, we must be cast upon a 
certain island. — 30. And as the 
shipmen were about to flee out of 
the ship, when they had let down 
the boat into the sea, under color as 
though they would have cast anchors 
out of the foreship, Paul said to the 
centurion, and to the soldiers, Ex- 
cept these abide in the ship ye can- 
not be saved. Then the soldiers cut 
off the ropes of the boat, and let 
her fall off. 

Rom. 8: 28. We know that all 
things work together for good to 
them that love God, to them who 
are the called according to his pur- 
pose. For whom he did foreknow 
he also did predestinate to ue con- 
formed to the image of his Son, that 
he might be the first-born among 
many brethren. Moreover whom 
he did predestinate, them he also 
called ; and whom he called, them 
he also justified; and whom he jus- 
tified, them he also glorified. What 
shall we then say to these things? 
\f God be for us, who can be against 
us? ... . Who shall lay anything to 
the charge of God's elect? 

II. This Choice Regulated by Wise 
and Benevolent Reasons. 

Gen. 17: 1. The Lord appear- 
ed unto Abram and said unto him, 
I am the Almighty God ; walk be- 
fore me and be thou perfect ; and I 
will make my covenant between me 
and thee and will multiply thee ex- 
ceedingly .... thou shalt be a father 
of many nations. 

18: 17. And the Lord said, Shall 
I hide from Abraham that thing 
which I do, seeing that Abraham 
shall surely become a great and 
mighty nation, and all the nations 
of the earth shall be blessed in him? 
For I know him, that he will com- 
mand his children and his house- 
hold after him ; and they shall keep 



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the way of the Lord to do judg- 
ment and justice ; that the Lord 
may bring upon Abraham that which 
he hath spoken of him. 

15: 6. He believed in the Lord ; 
and he counted it to him for right- 
eousness. 

22: 16. Because thou hast done 
this thing, and hast not witheld thy 
son, thine only sou, that in blessing, 
I will bless thee, and in multiplying 
I will multiply thy seed, as the stars 
of heaven, and as the sand which 
is upon the sea-shore: and thy seed 
shall possess the gate of his enemies ; 
and in thy seed shall all the nations 
of the earth be blessed ; because 
thou hast obeyed my voice. 

Mat. 13: 10. And the disciples 
came, and said unto him, Why 
speakest thou unto them in para- 
bles? He answered and said unto 
them, Because it is given unto you 
to know the mysteries of the king- 
dom of heaven ; but to them it is 
not given. For whosoever hath, to 
him shall be given, and he shall have 
more abundance: but whosoever 
hath not, from him shall be taken 
away even that he hath. Therefore 
speak I to them in parables: be- 
cause they seeing, see not ; and 
hearing, they hear not; neither do 
they understand. 

Acts 10: 34. Then Peter opened 
his mouth, and said, Of a truth I 
perceive that God is no respecter of 
persons: but in every nation he that 
feareth him and worketh righteous- 
ness is accepted with him. 

1f 2 Cor. 4 : S. But if our gospel be 
hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in 
whom the god of this world hath 
blinded the minds of them which 
believe not, lest the light of the glo- 
rious gospel of Christ, who is the 
image of God, should shine unto 
them. 

1 Tim. 1 : 12. And I thank Christ 
Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled 
me, for that he counted me faithful, 
putting me into the ministry ; who 
was before a blasphemer, and a 
persecutor, and injurious: but I ob- 
tained mercy, because I did it igno- 
rantly in unbelief. And the grace 
of our Lord was exceeding abundant 
with faith and love which is in Christ 
Jesus. This is a faithful saying, 
and worthy of all acceptation, that 
Christ Jesus came into the world to 
31 



save sinners ; of whom I am chief. 
Howbeit, for this cause I obtained 
mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ 
might show forth all long-suffering, 
for a pattern to them which should 
hereafter believe on him to life 
everlasting. 

2 Tim. 1: 7. For God hath not 
given us the spirit of fear ; but of 
power, and of love, and of a sound 
mind. Be not thou therefore asham- 
ed of the testimony of our Lord, 
nor of me his prisoner: but be thou 
partaker of the afflictions of the 
gospel according to the power of 
God, who hath saved us, and called 
us with a holy calling, not according' 
to our works, but according to his 
own purpose and grace, which was 
given us in Christ Jesus before the 
world began, but is now made man- 
ifest by the appearing of our Savior 
Jesus Christ, who hath abolished 
death, and hath brought life and 
immortality to light through the 
gospel. 

Rom, 10: 1. Brethren, my heart's 
desire and prayer to God for Israel 
is, that they might be saved. For I 
bear them record, that they have a 
zeal of God, but not according to 
knowledge. For they, being igno- 
rant of God's righteousness, and 
going about to establish their own 
righteousness, have not submitted 
themselves unto the righteousness of 
God. For Christ is the end of the 
law for righteousness to every one 
that believeth. 

III. Does not interfere with a volun- 
tary reception or rejection of the 
Gospel, or freedom of the will. 

John 6: 35. And Jesus said unto 
them, I am the bread of life: he that 
cometh to me shall never hunger ; 
and he that believeth on me shall 
never thirst. But I said unto you, 
That ye also have seen me, and be- 
lieve not. All that the Father giveth 
me shall come to me ; and him that 
cometh to me I will in no wise cast 
out. For I came down from heaven, 
not to do mine own will, but the will 
of him that sent me. And this is 
the Father's will which hath sent 
me, that of all which he hath given 
me 1 should lose nothing, but should 
raise it up again at the last day. 
And this is the will of him that sent 
me, that every one which seeth the 



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Son, and believeth on him, may have 
everlasting life: and I will raise him 
up at the last day. — 44. No man 
can come to me, except the Father 
which hath sent me draw him ; and 
I will raise him up at the last day. 
It is written in the prophets, And 
they shall be all taught of God. Ev- 
ery man, therefore, that hath heard, 
and hath learned of the Father, Com- 
eth unto me. — 64. But there are 
some of you that believe not. For 
Jesus knew from the beginning who 
they were that believed not, and who 
should betray him. And he said, 
Therefore said I unto you, that 
no man can come unto me, ex- 
cept it were given unto him of my 
Father. 

2 Thes. 2: 13. God hath from 
the beginning chosen you to salva- 
tion, through sanctincation of the 
spirit, and belief of the truth ; 
whereunto he called you by our 
Gospel to the obtaining of the glory 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Pet. 1 : 10. Wherefore the rath- 
er, brethren, give diligence to make 
your calling and election sure: for 
if ye do these things, ye shall never 
fall: for so an entrance shall be 
ministered unto you abundantly into 
the everlasting kingdom of our Lord 
and Savior Jesus Christ. 

2 Tim. 2: 10. Wherefore I en- 
dure all things for the elect's sake ; 
that they may also obtain the salva- 
tion which is in Christ Jesus with 
eternal glory. 

Rom. 10: 13. For whosoever shall 
call on the name of the Lord shall 
be saved. How then shall they call 
on him, in whom they have not be- 
lieved ? and how shall they believe 
on him, of whom they have not 
heard ? and how shall they hear 
without a preacher ? and how shall 
they preach, except they be sent? . . . 
So then faith cometh by hearing, and 
hearing by the word of God. 

1f 2 Pet. 3: 9. The Lord is not 
slack concerning his promise, as some 
men count slackness, but is long-suf- 
fering to usward ; not willing that 
any should perish, bur that all should 
come to repentance. 

Ezek. 33: 11. As I live saith the 
Loan God, I have no pleasure in the 
death of the wicked ; but that the 
wicked turn from his way and live : 
turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; 



for why will ye die, house of Is- 
rael ? 

1 Tim. 2: 3. This is good and 
acceptable in the sight of God, who 
will have all men to be saved, and 
to come unto the knowledge of the 
truth. 

John 3: 14. As Moses lifted up 
the serpent in the wilderness, even 
so must the Son of man be lifted up, 
that whosoever believeth on him 
should not perish, but have eternal 
life. For God so loved the world 
that he gave his only begotten Son, 
that whosoever believeth in him 
should not perish, but have everlast- 
ing life. For God sent not his Son 
into the world to condemn the world, 
but that the world through him might 
be saved. 

5 : 40. Ye will not come unto me 
that ye might have life. — 44. How 
can ye believe, that receive honor 
one of another, and seek not the hon- 
or that cometh from God only ? 

Isa. 55: 1. Ho, every one that 
thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and 
he that hath no money, come ye . . . 
buy wine and milk without money 
and without price. Wherefore do 
ye spend money for that which is 
not bread, and your labor for that 
which satisheth not ? Hearken dili- 
gently unto me, and eat ye that which 
is good, and let your soul delight it- 
self in fatness. Incline your ear and 
come unto me : hear and your soul 
shall live ; and I will make an ever- 
lasting covenant with you, even the 
sure mercies of David. 

John 7: 37. Jesus cried, saying, 
If any man thirst, let him come unto 
me and drink. 

Mat. 11 : 28. Come unto me, all 
ye that labor and are heavy laden, 
and I will give you rest. 

Rev. 22: 17. The spirit and the 
bride say, Come, and let him that 
heareth say, Come, and let him that 
is athirst come, and whosoever will, 
let him take of the water of life 
freely. 



§ 4. EFFECTUAL CALLING. 

Rom. 8: 29. For whom he did 
foreknow, he also did predestinate, 
to be conformed to the image of his 
Son, that he might be the first-born 
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whom he did predestinate, them he I 
also called ; and whom he called, | 
them he also justified ; and whom he 
justified, them he also glorified. 

Mat. 4: 18. And Jesus, walk- 
ing hy the sea of Galilee, saw two 
brethren, Simon, called Peter, and I 
Andrew his brother, casting a net J 
into the sea ; for they were fishers, j 
And he saith unto them, Follow me, 
and 1 will make you fishers of men. J 
And they straightway left their nets, 
and followed him. And going on 
from thence, he saw other two 
brethren, James, the son of Zebedee, 
and John his brother, in a ship with 
Zebedee their father, mending their I 
nets ; and he called them. And i 
they immediately left the ship and | 
their father, and followed him. | 
(Mark 1: 16.) 

Luke 5: 1. And it came to pass, 

that as the people pressed upon him 

to hear the word of God, he stood 

by the lake of Gennesaret, and saw 

two ships standing by the lake: but 

the fishermen were gone out of them, j 

and were washing their nets. And j 

he entered into one of the ships, \ 

which was Simon's, and prayed him 

that he would thrust out a little from 

the land. And he sat down, and 

taught the people out of the ship. 

Now, when he had left speaking, he 

said unto Simon, Launch out into 

the deep, and let down your nets for 

a draught. And Simon answering, 

said unto him, Master, we have 

toiled all the night, and have taken 

nothing ; nevertheless, at thy word 

I will let down the net. And when 

they had this done, they inclosed a 

great multitude of fishes: and their 

net brake. And they beckoned unto 

their partners, which were in the 

other ship, that they should come 

and help them. And they came, and 

filled both the ships, so that they 

began to sink. When Simon Peter 

saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, 

saying, Depart from me ; for I am 

a sinful man, O Lord. For he was 

astonished, and all that were with 

him, at the draught of the fishes 

which they had taken: and so was 

also James and John, the sons of 

Zebedee, which were partners with 

Simon. 

IT And Jesus said unto Simon, 
Fear not: from henceforth thou 
shalt catch men. And when they 



had brought their ships to land, they 
forsook all, and followed him. 

Mat. 8: 19. And a certain scribe 
came, and said unto him, Master, I 
will follow thee whithersoever thou 
goest. And Jesus saith unto him ; 
The foxes have holes, and the birds 
of the air have nests; but the Son 
of man hath not where to lay his 
head. 

And another of his disciples said 
unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go 
and bury my father. But Jesus said 
unto him, Follow me: and let the 
dead bury their dead. (Luke 9: 57.) 

Mat. 9: 9. And as Jesus passed 
forth from thence, he saw a man, 
named Matthew, sitting at the re- 
ceipt of custom : and he saith unto 
him, Follow^ me. And he arose and 
followed him. And it came to pass, 
as Jesus sat at meat in the house, 
behold, many publicans and sinners 
came and sat down with him and 
his disciples. And when the Phar- 
isees saw it, they said unto his dis- 
ciples, Why eateth your Master 
with publicans and sinners? But 
when Jesus heard that, he said unto 
them, They that be whold need not 
a physician, but they that are sick. 
But go ye and learn what that 
meaneth, 

I \\ill have mercy, and not sacrifice, 

for I am not come to call the right- 
eous, but sinners, to repentance. 

Luke 9: 61. And another also 
said, Lord, I will follow thee ; but 
let me first go bid them farewell 
which are at home at my house. 
And Jesus said unto him, No man, 
having put his hand to the plow, 
and looking back, is fit for the king- 
dom of God. 

IT John 12: 37. But though he had 
done so many miracles before them, 
they believed not on him: that the 
saying of Esaias the prophet might 
be fulfilled, which he spake, 

Lord, who hath believed our report? 
And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been 
revealed ? 

Therefore they could not believe, 
because that Esaias said again, 

He bath blinded their eyes, 
And hardened their heart ; 
I hat they should not see with their eyes, 
ftor undersrand with their heart, 
And be converted, and I should heal them. 

These things said Esaias, when ho 
saw his glory, and spake of him. 



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Acts 13: 48. When the gentiles 
heard this, they were glad, and 
glorified the name of the Lord ; and 
as many as were ordained to eter- 
nal life, believed. 

Rom. 1:5. By whom we have 
received grace and apostleship, for 
obedience to the faith among all 
nations, for his name, among whom 
are ye also, the called of Jesus 
Christ. To all that be in Rome, 
beloved of God, called to be saints. 



§ 5. ASSURANCE OF DIVINE PROTEC- 
TION TO THE CHRISTIAN 

Rom. 5: 10. If, when we were 
enemies, we were reconciled to 
God by the death of his Son, much 
more, being reconciled, we shall 
be saved, by his life. —-21. That as 
sin hath reigned unto death, even 
so might grace reign, through right- 
eousness, unto eternal life, by Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

8: 28. All things shall work to- 
gether for good to them that love 
God, to them who are the called 
according to his purpose. — 31. If 
God be for us, who can be against 
us? He that spared not his own 
Son, but gave him up for us all ; 
how shall he not with him also 
freely give us all things? Who 
shall lay anything to the charge of 
God's elect? It is God that justi- 
fieth. Who is he that condemneth? 
It. is Christ that died ; yea, rather 
that is risen again, who is even at 
the right hand of God, who also 
maketh intercession for us. Who 
shall separate us from the love of 
Christ? — 38. lam persuaded that 
neither life, nor death., nor angels, 
nor principalities, nor powers, nor 
things present, nor things to come, 
nor height, nor depth, nor any other 
-creature, shall be able to separate us 
from the love of God which is in 
Christ Jesus our Lord. 

John 17 : 12. Those that thou 
gavest me I have kept, and none of 
them is lost but the son of perdition, 
that the scripture might be fulfilled. 
14: 1. Let not your heart be 
troubled ; ye believe in God ; believe 
also in me. In my Father's house 
are many mansions ; if it were not 
so, I would have told you. I go to 
prepare a place for you. And if I 



go and prepare a place for you, I 
will come again and receive you 
unto myself; that where I am, there 
ye may be also. 

10: 27. My sheep hear my voice, 
and I know them, and they follow 
me. And I give unto them eternal 
life; and they shall never perish; 
neither shall any pluck them out of 
my hands. My Father which gave 
them me is greater than all, and no 
man is able to pluck them out of my 
Father's hands. I and my Father 
are one. 

Heb. 7:25. He (Christ) is able 
to save them to the uttermost, that 
come unto God by him; seeing he 
ever liveth to make intercession for 
them. 

§ 6. SUFFERINGS IN THIS WORLD 
NOT NECESSARILY RETRIEUTORY. 

Ps. 73: 3. I was envious at the 
foolish, when I saw the prosperity of 
the wicked. For there are no bands 
in their death; but their strength is 
firm. They are not in trouble as 
other men; neither are they plagued 
like other men. Therefoia pride 
compasseth them about as a chain; 
violence covereth them as a gar- 
ment. Their eyes stand out with 
fatness; they have more than heart 
could wish. — 11. And they say, 
How doth God know? and, Is there 
knowledge with the Almighty? Be- 
hold, these are the ungodly, that 
prosper in the world; they increase 
in riches. Verily, I have cleansed 
my heart in vain, and washed my 
hands in innocency. For all the 
day long have I been plagued, and 
chastened every morning. . . .When 
I thought to know this, it was too 
painful for me, until I went into the 
sanctuary of God: then understood 
I their end. Surely thou didst set 
them in slippery places; thou cast- 
edst them down into destruction. 

37: 7. Fret not thyself, because of 
him who prospereth in his way; be- 
cause of the man who bringeth wick- 
ed devices to pass. — 9. For evil 
doers shall be cut off. 

50: 21. These things hast thou 
done, and I kept silence. Thou 
thoughtest that I was altogether 
such an one as thyself; but I will 
reprove thee, and set them in order 
before thine eyes. 

Eccl. 8; 11. Because sentence 



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against an evil work is not executed 
speedily; therefore the heart of the 
sons of men is fully set in them to 
do evil. Though a doner do evil 
ao hundred times, and his days be 
prolonged, yet surely 1 know that it 
shall be well with them that fear 
God. 

Rom. 9: 22. What if God, willing 
to show his wrath and make his 
power known, endured with much 
long suffering the vessels of wrath, 
fitted to destruction ? 

1T Mat. 13: 28. Wilt thou that we 
go and gather them (the tares) up? 
But he said, Nay; lest, while ye 
gather up the tares, ye root up also 
the wheat with them. Let both 
grow together until harvest. — 37. 
He that soweth the good seed is the 
Son of man; the field is the world; 
the good seed are the children of the 
kingdom; the tares are the children 
of the wicked one. 

2 Cor. 4: 16. For which cause we 
faint not; but though our outward 
man perish, yet the inward man is 
renewed day by day. For our light 
affliction, which is but for a mo- 
ment, worketh for us a far more 
exceeding and eternal weight of 
glory ; while we look not at the 
things which are seen, but at the 
things which are not seen: for the 
things which are seen are temporal; 
but the things which are not seen 
are eternal. 

2 Tim. 3: 10. But thou hast fully 
known my doctrine, manner of 
life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, 
charity, patience, persecutions, af- 
flictions, which came unto me at 
Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra ; 
what persecutions I endured ; but 
out of them all the Lord delivered 
me. Yea, and all that will live 
godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer 
persecution. 

Heb. 10: 32. But call to remem- 
brance the former days, in which, 
after ye were illuminated, ye endu- 
red a great fight of afflictions; partly, 
while ye were made a gazing-stock 
both by reproaches and afflictions; 
and partly, while ye became com- 
panions of them that were so used. 
For ye had compassion of me in my 
bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling 
of your goods, knowing in yourselves 
that ye have in heaven a better and 
an enduring substance. Cast not 



away therefore your confidence 
which hath great recompense of re- 
ward. For ye have need of pa- 
tience, that, after ye have done the 
will of God, ye might receive the 
promise. For yet a little while, and 
he that shall come will come, and 
will not tarry. Now the just shall 
live by faith: but if any man draw 
back, my soul shall have no pleas- 
ure in him. But we are not of them 
who draw back unto perdition; but 
of them that believe to the saving of 
the soul. 

IF Heb. 12: 4. Ye have not yet re- 
sisted unto blood, striving against 
sin. And ye have forgotten the ex- 
hortation which speaketh unto you 
as unto children, My son, despise 
not thou the chastening of the Lord, 
nor faint when thou art rebuked of 
him: for whom the Lord loveth he 
chasteneth, and scourgeth every son 
whom he receiveth. If ye endure 
chastening, God dealeth with you 
as with sons: for what son is he 
whom the father chasteneth not? 
But if ye be without chastisement, 
whereof all are partakers, then are 
ye bastards, and not sons. Further- 
more, we have had fathers of our 
flesh which corrected us, and we 
gave them reverence: shall we not 
much rather be in subjection unto 
the Father of spirits, and live? For 
they verily for a few days chastened 
us after their own pleasure; but he 
for our profit, that we might be par- 
takers of his holiness. Now no 
chastening for the present seemeth 
to be joyous, but grievous; never- 
theless, afterward it yieldeth the 
peaceable fruit of righteousness un- 
to them which are exercised there- 
by. 

James 1 : 2. My brethren, count it 
all joy when ye fall into divers temp- 
tations, knowing this, that the trying 
of your faith worketh patience: but 
let patience have her perfect work, 
that ye may be perfect and entire, 
wanting nothing. 

1 Peter 2: 20. For what glory is 
it, if, when ye be buffeted for your 
faults, ye shall take it patiently? 
but if, when ye do well, and suffer 
for it, ye take it patiently, this is ac- 
ceptable with God. For even here- 
unto were ye called; because Christ 
also suffered for us, leaving us an 
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steps. Who did no sin, neither was 
guile found in his mouth; who. 
when he was reviled, reviled not 
again ; when he suffered, he threat- ! 
ened not; but committed himself to 
him that judgeth righteously; who I 
his own self bare our sins in his own ! 
body on the tree, that we, being 
dead to sins, should live unto right- j 
eousness: by whose stripes ye were I 
healed. For ye were as sheep go- | 
ing astray: but are now returned 
unto the Shepherd and Bishop of 
your souls. 

If 4: 12. Beloved, think it not 
strange, concerning the fiery trial 
which is to try you, as though some 
strange thing happened unto you: 
but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are par- 
takers of Christ's sufferings; that, 
when his glory shall be revealed, ye 
may be glad also with exceeding 
joy. If ye be reproached for the 
name of Christ, happy are ye; for 
the Spirit of glory and of God rest- 
eth upon you: on their part he is 
evil spoken of, but on your part he 
is glorified. But let none of you 
suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, 
or as an evil-doer, or as a busy-body 
in other men's matters. Yet if any 
man suffer as a Christian, let him 
not be ashamed: but let him glorify 
God on this behalf. 

Luke 16: 19. There was a certain 
rich man, which was clothed in pur- 
ple and fine linen, and fared sump- 
tuously every day: and there was a 
certain beggar, named Lazarus, 
which was laid at his gate, full of 

sores The beggar died, and was 

carried by angels to Abraham's bo- 
som; and the rich man also died, 
and was buried. — 25. Son, remem- 
ber that thou in thy lifetime receiv- 
edst thy good things ; likewise Laz- 
arus evil things; but now he is com- 
forted, and thou art tormented. 

Job 21 : 7. Wherefore do the wick- 
ed live, become old, yea are mighty 
in power? . . . Their houses are safe 
from fear, neither is the rod of God 
upon them. . . .They spend their days 
in wealth, and in a moment go down 
to the grave. Therefore they say 
unto God, depart from us; we de- 
sire not the knowledge of thy 
ways. 

1 : 8. And the Lord said unto Sa- 
tan, Hast thou considered my ser- 
vant Job; that there is none like him 



in all the earth; a perfect and up- 
right man, one that feareth God and 
escheweth evil? Then Satan an- 
swered the Lord, and said, Doth 
Job fear God for nought? Hast not 
thou made a hedge about him, and 
about his house, and about all that 
he hath on every side? Thou hast 
blessed the work of his hand, and 
his substance is increased in the 
land; but put forth now thy hand, 
and touch all that he hath, and he 
will curse thee to thy face. And the 
Lord said unto Satan, All that he 
hath is in thy power, only on him- 
self put not forth thy hand. 

2: 3. Still he holdeth fast his in- 
tegrity, though thou movest me 
against hiin, to destroy him without 
a cause. And Satan answered the 
Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, 
all that a man hath will he give for 
his life; but put forth now thy hand 
and touch his bone and his flesh, and 
he will curse thee to thy face. And 
the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, 
he is in thy hand, only save his life. 

Ps. 119: 67. Before I was afflict- 
ed, I went astray ; but now have I 
kept thy word. — 71. It is good for 
me that I have been afflicted; that I 
might know thy statutes. — 75. I 
know, O Lord, that thy judgments 
are right, and that thou in faithful- 
ness hast afflicted me. 

Isa. 48:10. Behold, I have refined 
thee, but not with silver; I have cho- 
sen thee in the furnace of afflicton. 



§ 7. conscience, or moral sense. 

Acts 28: 1. Men and brethren, 
I have lived in all good conscience 
before God until this day. 

24: 14. But this I confess unto 
thee, that after the way which they 
call heresy, so worship I the God of 
my fathers, believing all things which 
are written in the law and in the 
prophets : and have hope toward 
God, which they themselves also 
allow, that there shall be a resurrec- 
tion of the dead, both of the just 
and unjust. And herein do I exer- 
cise myself, to have always a con- 
science void of offence toward God, 
and toward men. 

1 Cor. 8: 7. Howbeit, there is 
not in every man that knowledge: 
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unto this hour, eat it as a thing 
offered unto an idol : and their con- 
science, being weak, is defiled. But 
meat commendeth us not to God: 
for neither if we eat, are we the 
better ; neither if we eat not, are 
we the worse. But take heed lest 
by any means this liberty of yours 
become a stumbling-block to them 
that are weak. For if any man see 
thee, which hast knowledge, sit at 
meat in the idol's temple, shall not 
the conscience of him which is weak 
be emboldened to eat those things 
which are offered to idols ; and 
through thy knowledge shall the 
weak brother perish, for whom Christ 
died ? But when ye sin so against 
the brethren, and wound their weak 
conscience, ye sin against Christ. 

10: 27. 'if any of them that be- 
lieve not bid you to a feast, and 
ye be disposed to go ; whatsoever 
is set before you, eat, asking no 
question for conscience' sake. But 
if any man say unto you. This is 
offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat 
not for his sake that showed it, and 
for conscience' sake : 

For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness 
thereof: 

conscience, I say, not thine own, but 
of the other. 

Rom. 9: 1. My conscience also 
bearing me witness in the Holy 
GhosL 

13: 5. Ye must needs be subject, 
not only for wrath, but also for con- 
science' sake. 

2 Cor. 1: 12. Our rejoicing is 
this, the testimony of our con- 
science ; that in simplicity and god- 
ly sincerity, not with fleshly wis- 
dom, but by the grace of God, we 
have had our conversation in the 
world. 

IT 4 : 2. By manifestation of the 
truth, commending ourselves to every 
man's conscience in the sight of 
God. 

1 Tim. 1: 19. War a good war- 
fare ; holding faith and a good con- 
science. 

3 : 9. Holding the mystery of 
faith, in a pure conscience. 

2 Tim. 1 : 3. I serve God from my 
forefathers with a pure conscience. 

Heb. 10: 22. Having our hearts 
sprinkled from an evil conscience. 
13: 18. We trust we have a good 



conscience in all things willing to 
live honestly. 

Titus 1: 15. Unto them that are 
defiled and unbelieving, there is 
nothing pure but even their mind 
and conscience are defiled. 



§8. MILLENNIUM OR UNIVERSAL 

TRIUMPH OF CHRIST ON EARTH. 

Jer. 31: 33. After those days, 
saith the Lord, I will put my law in 
their inward parts, and write it in 
their hearts ; and will be their God, 
and they shall be my people. And 
they shall teach no more every man 
his neighbor, and every man his 
brother, saying, Know the Lord ; 
for they shall all know me, from the 
least of them unto the greatest of 
them, saith the Lord ; for I will for- 
give their iniquity, and I will re- 
member their sin no more. 

Dan. 2: 34. Thou sawest, till that 
a stone was cut out without hands, 
which smote the image upon his 
feet, which were of iron and clay, 
and brake them in pieces, .... and 
the stone that smote the image be- 
came a great mountain, and filled 
the whole earth. — 44. In the days 
of these kings shall the God of 
heaven set up a kingdom, which 
shall never be destroyed ; and the 
kingdom shall not be left to other 
people, but it shall break in pieces 
and consume all these kingdoms, 
and it shall stand forever. 

Hosea 3: 23. I will have mercy 
upon her that had not obtained mer- 
cy, and I will say to them which 
were not my people, Thou art my 
people, and they shall say, Thou 
art my God. 

Micah 4: 1. But in the last days 
it shall come to pass, that the moun- 
tain of the house of the Lord shall 
be established in the top of the 
mountains, and it shall be exalted 
above the hills. 

Hab. 2: 14. The earth shall be 
filled with the knowledge of the 
glory of the Lord, as the waters 
cover the sea. 

Mat. 13: 33. The kingdom of 
J heaven is like unto leaven, which a 
I woman took and hid in three meas- 
ures of meal, till the whole was 
! leavened. 

Isa. 35: 1 — 10. 43: 1 — 7. 45: 



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22 — 25. 49:6—18,22 — 25. 60: 
1 — 5, 8—12, 18 — 22. 62: 10 — 
12. 65: 17 — 25. 66: 5 — 12. 



§ 9. PROBATION AFTER DEATH. 

2 Cor. 5: 10. We must all ap- 
pear before the judgment seat of 
Christ, that every one may receive 
the things done in his body, accord- 
ing to that he hath done, whether it 
be good or bad. 

Mat. 25 : 5. While the bride- 
groom tarried, they all slumbered 
and slept. And at midnight there 
was a cry made, Behold, the bride- 
groom cometh ; go ye out to meet 
him. Then all those virgins arose, 
and trimmed their lamps. And the 
foolish said unto the wise, Give us 
of your oil ; for our lamps are gone 
out. But the wise answered, say- 
ing, Not so ; lest there be not 
enough for us and you: but go ye 
rather to them that sell, and bu}' for 
yourselves. And while they went 
to buy, the bridegroom came ; and 
they that were ready went in with 
him to the marriage: and the door 
was shut. Afterward came also the 
other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, 
open to us. But he answered and 
said, Verily I say unto you, I know 
you not. Watch therefore; for ye 
know neither the day nor the hour 
wherein the Son of man cometh. 

Eccl. 11 : 3. If the tree fall 
toward the south or toward the 
north, in the place where the tree 
falleth there it shall be. 

9: 10. Whatsoever thy hand 
findeth to do, do it with thy might ;• 
for there is no work, nor device, 
nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the 
grave, whither thou goest. 

1 Cor. 9: 27. I keep under my 



body, and bring it into subjection ; 
lest that by any means, when I have 
preached to others, I myself should 
be a castaway. 

Luke 16 : 22. And it came to 
pass, that the beggar died, and was 
carried by the angels into Abraham's 
bosom: the rich man also died, and 
was buried ; and in hell he lined up 
his eyes, being in torments, and 
seeth Abraham afar off", and Laz- 
arus in his bosom. And he cried 
and said, Father Abraham, have 
mercy on me, and send Lazarus, 
that he may dip the tip of his finger 
in water, and cool my tongue ; for 
I am tormented in this flame. But 
Abraham said, Son, remember that 
thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy 
good things, and likewise Lazarus 
evil things: but now he is comfort- 
ed, and thou art tormented. And 
besides all this, between us and you 
there is a great gulf fixed: so that 
they which would pass from hence 
to you cannot ; neither can they 
pass to us that would come from 
thence. 

Rev. 22: 11. He that is unjust, 
let him be unjust still ; and ne that 
is filthy, let him be filthy still ; and 
he that is righteous, let him be 
righteous still ; and he that is holy, 
let him be holy still. And behold, I 
come quickly, and my reward is 
with me, to give every man accord- 
ing as his work shall be. I am 
Alpha and Omega, the beginning 
and the end, the first and the last. 
Blessed are they, that do his com- 
mandments, that they may have 
right to the tree of life, and may enter 
in, through the gates, into the city. 
For without, are dogs and sorcerers 
and whoremongers and murderers 
and idolaters, and whosoever loveth 
and rnaketh a lie.* 

{See the last Topic.) 



* It is observable that the silence of the Bible on this topic is the roost decisive 
evidence against the supposition of a future probation. The book which brings " life 
and immortality to light," makes no mention of it, no provision for it; but constructs 
its whole system of operations upon the ground, that here is the only hope of recov- 
ering man to holiness. Were there no revelation, we might hope for some future 
arrangement in our favor ; but the silence of God's word precludes any such gratuit- 
ous assumption. 

The compiler will be grateful to any individual who will furnish a collation, throw- 
ing a different light upon this subject. 



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FOURTH GENERAL TOPIC 



THE FINAL ISSUE. 



CHAPTER I. 

DISSOLUTION OF THE BODY. 

§ 1. THE PORTION OF ALL — GOOD 
AND BAD. 

Hee. 9: 27. It is appointed unto 
men, once to die. 

1 Cor. 15: 22. In Adam all die. 
Gen. 2: 27. In the day thou eat* 
est thereof, thou shalt surely die. 

Ps. 49: 6. They that trust in their 
wealth, and boast themselves in the 
multitude of their riches, none of 
them can by any means redeem his 
brother, or give to God a ransom 
for him . . . that he should still live 
forever, and not see corruption. For 
he seeth that wise men die; likewise 
the fool and the brutish person per- 
ish, and leave their wealth to others. 
. . . Man being in honor abideth not: 
he is like the beasts that perish. 

Job 4: 21. Men dwell in houses of 
clay: their foundation is in the diistj 
they are crushed before the moth. 
They are destroyed from morning 
to evening; they perish forever with- 
out any regarding it. 

7:9. He that goeth down to the 
grave shall come up no more; . . . nei- 
ther shall his place know him any 
more. 

9: 22. God destroyeth the perfect 
and the wicked. 

14: 2. Man cometh forth as a 
flower, and is cut down. — 10. Man 
dieth and wasteth away; yea, man 
giveth up the ghost, and where is 
he? 

17: 14. I have said to corruption, 
Thou art my father; and to the 
worm, Thou art my mother and my 
sister. 

21: 23. One dieth in his full 
strength, being wholly at ease and 
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quiet. His breasts are full of milky 
and his bones moistened with mar- 
row. Another dieth in the bitter- 
ness of his soul, and never eateth 
with pleasure. They shall lie down 
alike in the dust, and the worms 
shall cover them. 

24:24. The mighty are exalted 
for a little while ; but are gone and 
brought low ; they are taken out of 
the way as all others, and cut off as 
the tops of the ears of corn. 

30: 23. I know that thou wilt 
bring me to death, and to the house 
appointed for all living. 

Eccl. 8: 8. There is no man that 
hath power over the spirit to retain 
the spirit; neither hath he power in 
the day of death: and there is no 
discharge in that war; neither shall 
wickedness deliver those that are 
given to it. 

Job 34: 14. If he gather unto 
him his spirit and his breath, all 
flesh shall perish together, and man 
shall turn again to dust. 

Ps. 82: 6. I have said, Ye are 
gods, and all of you are children of 
the most High: but ye shall die like 
men. 

83: 48. What man is he that liv- 
eth, and shall not see death? Shall 
he deliver his soul from the hand of 
the grave? 

90: 3. Thou turnest man to de- 
struction. — b. In the morning they 
are like grass that groweth up. In 
the morning it flourisheth and grow- 
eth up, in the evening it is cut down 
and withereth. 

Eccl. 12: 7. The dust shall re- 
turn to the earth as it was, and the 
spirit shall return unto God that 
gave it. 

I. Our life in God's hand. 

1 Sam. 2: 6. The Lord killeth, 
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down to the grave, and he bringeth 
up. 

Deut. 32: 39. See now, that I, 
even I, am He, and there is no God 
with me. I kill and I make alive; I 
wound and I heal: neither is there 
any that can deliver out of my 
hand. 

Ps. G8: 20. Unto God the Lord, 
belong the issues from death. 

Dan. 5: 23. In whose hand thy 
breath is, and whose are all thy 
ways. 

Acts 17: 28. In him we live, and 
move, and have our being. 

Job 14: 5. Man's days are deter- 
mined; the number of his months 
are with thee; thou hast appointed 
his bounds that he cannot pass. 

Mat. 6: 27. Which of you, by 
taking thought, can add one cubit 
unto his stature? 

II. Death near and uncertain. 

1 Sam. 20: 3. There is but a step 
between me and death. 

1 Chron. 29: 15. We are stran- 
gers before thee and sojourners, as 
were all our fathers; our days on the 
earth are as a shadow, and there is 
none abiding. 

Job 8: 9. We are but of yester- 
day. 

7: 6. My days are swifter than a 
weaver's shuttle. 

9:25. Our days are swifter than 
a post, they fly away. 

Ps. 39: 4. Lord make me to know 
mine end, and the measure of my 
days, what it is; that I may know 
how frail I am. Behold, thou hast 
made my days as a hand breadth, 
and mine age is as nothing before 
thee: verily every man, at his best 
state, is but vanity. 

103: 15. Man's days are as grass; 
as a flower of the field, so he flour- 
ished! ; ... he appeareth for a little 
time and then vanisheth away. 

102: 11. My days are like a 
shadow that declineth ; and I am 
withered like grass. 

144: 4. Man is like to vanity. 
His days are as a shadow that pass- 
eth away. 

James 4: 14. For what is your 
life ? It is even a vapor, which ap- 
peareth for a little time, and then 
vanisheth away. 

Mat. 24: 42. Watch, therefore, 
for ye know not what hour your 



Lord doth come. But know ihis, 
that if the good man of the house 
had known in what watch the thief 
would come, he would have watched, 
and would not have suffered his 
house to be broken up. Therefore, 
be ye also ready : for in such an 
hour as ye think not the Son of man 
cometh. 



CHAPTER II. 

SEPARATE EXISTENCE OF THE 
SOUL. 

Mat. 10: 28. Fear not them 
which kill the body, but are not able 
to kill the soul: but rather fear him 
which is able to destroy both soul 
and body in hell. 

Luke 16: 22. The beggar died, 
and was carried by angels into Abra- 
ham's bosom. The rich man also 
died, and was buried. And in hell 
he lifted up his eyes, being in tor 
j ments, and seeth Abraham ufar off, 
I and Lazarus in his bosom. 

Mat. 22: 32. I am the God of 
Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and 
the God of Jacob. God is not the 
God of the dead, but of the living. 

17: 3. Behold there appeared un- 
to them Moses and Elias, talking 
with him. 

Luke 9: 31. They appeared in 
glory and spoke of his decease, which 
he should accomplish in Jerusalem. 

23: 42. And he said unto Jesus, 
Lord, remember me when thou 
comest into thy kingdom. And Je- 
sus said unto him, Verily I say un- 
to thee, to-day shalt thou be with me 
in paradise. 

2 Cor. 5:1. For we know that 
if our earthly house of this taberna- 
cle be dissolved, we have a building 
of God, a house not made with 
hands, eternal in the heavens. — 6. 
Therefore we are always confident, 
knowing that while we are at home 
in the body, we are absent from the 
Lord ; (for we walk by faith, and not 
by sight.) We are confident, I say, 
and willing rather to be absent from 
the body, and to be present with the 
Lord. 

Phil. 1: 21. For me to live is 
Christ, but to die is gain. But if I 



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live in the flesh, this is the fruit of 
my labor: yet what I shall choose I 
wot not. For I am in a strait be- 
twixt two, having a desire 60 depart 
and to' be with Christ, which is far 
better ; nevertheless, to abide in the 
flesh is more needful for you. 

Rev. 6:9. I saw under the al- 
tar the souls of them that were slain 
for the word of God, and the testi- 
mony which they held ; and they 
cried with aloud voice, saying, How 
long, O Lord, holy and true, dost 
thou not judge and avenge our blood 
on them that dwell on the earth ? 
And white robes were given unto 
every one of them, and it was said 
unto them, that they should rest yet 
for a little season, till their fellow 
servants also, and their brethren that 
should be killed as they were, should 
be fulfilled. 

5: 9. Thou wast slain and hast 
redeemed us to God by thy blood. 

7: 14. These are they that have 
come out of great tribulation, and 
have washed their robes, and made 
them white in the blood of the Lamb. 



CHAPTER III. 

RESURRECTION OF THE BODY. 

Job 14: 14. If a man die, shall 
he live again ? 

19: 26. Though after my skin 
worms destroy this body, yet in my 
flesh shall I see God, whom I shall 
see for myself, and mine eyes shall 
behold, and not another, though my 
reins be consumed within me. , 

Ps. 16: 9. My flesh shall rest in 
hope, for thou wilt not leave my 
soul in hell ; neither wilt thou suffer 
thv Holy One to see corruption. 

Dan. 12:2. Many of them that 
sleep in the dust of the earth shall 
awake ; some to everlasting life, and . 
some to shame and everlasting con- 
tempt. 

Mat. 22: 29. Jesus answered 
and said unto them, Ye do err, not 
knowing the scriptures, nor the pow- j 
er of God. For in the resurrection 
they neither marry, nor are given in 
marriage, but are as the angels of 
God in heaven. But as touching the 
resurrection of the dead, have ye not 



read that which was spoken unto you 
by God, saying, I am the God of 
Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and 
the God of Jacob ? (Ex. 3: 6.) 
God is not the God of the dead, but 
of the living. And when the multi- 
tude heard this, they were astonished 
at his doctrine. 

Luke 14: 14. Thou shalt be rec- 
ompensed at the resurrection of the 
just. 

20: 34. The children of this 
world marry and are given in mar- 
riage: but they which shall be ac- 
counted worthy to obtain that world, 
and the resurrection from the dead, 
neither marry nor are given in mar- 
riage ; neither can they die any 
more ; for they are equal unto the 
angels ; and are the children of God, 
being the children of the resurrec- 
tion. 

24: 38. Why do thoughts arise 
in your hearts ? Behold my hands 
and my feet, that it is I, myself: 
handle me and see, for a spirit hath 
not flesh and bones, as ye see me 
have. And when he had thus spok- 
en, he showed them his hands and 
his feet. And while they yet be- 
lieved not, for joy, and wondered, 
he said unto them, Have ye here any 
meat ? And they gave him a piece 
of a broiled fish and of an honey- 
comb. And he took it and did eat 
before them. 

1T John 20: 27. Then saith he to 
Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, 
and behold my hands ; and reach 
hither thy hand, and thrust it into my 
side ; and be not faithless, but be- 
lieving. 

Mat. 28: 2. And behold there 
was a great earthquake, for the 
angel of the Lord descended from 
heaven and came and rolled back 
the stone from the door, and sat upon 
it. His countenance was like light- 
ning, and his raiment white as snow. 
And for fear of him the keepers did 
shake and became as dead men. 
And the angel answered and said 
unto the women, Fear not ye ; for I 
know that ye seek Jesus which was 
crucified. He is not here ; for he is 
risen, as he said. Come, see the 
place where the Lord lay. 

John 5: 25. The hour is coming 
and now is, when the dead shall 
hear the voice of the Son of God, and 
they that hear shall live. — 28. The 



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hour is coming, in the which all that 
are in the graves shall hear his 
voice, and come forth. 

Acts 4: 2. The Apostles taught 
the people, and preached through 
Christ the resurrection from the 
dead. 

23: 6. Of the hope of the resur- 
rection of the dead 1 am called in 
question. 

24: 15. I have hope toward God, 
that there shall be a resurrection of 
the dead, both of the just and un- 
just. 

26: 6. And now I stand, and am 
judged for the hope of the promise 
made of God unto our fathers: unto 
which promise our twelve tribes, 
instantly serving God day and night, 
hope to come. For which hope's 
sake, king Agrippa, I am accused 
of the Jews. Why should it be 
thought a thing incredible with you, 
that God should raise the dead? 
— 22. Having therefore obtained 
help of God, I continue unto this 
day, witnessing both to small and 
great, saying none other things than 
those, which the prophets and Moses 
did say should come: that Christ 
should suffer, and that he should be 
the first that should rise from the 
dead, and should show light unto 
the people, and to the Gentiles. 

Rom. 8:11. If the Spirit of him 
that raised up Jesus from the dead 
dwell in yon, he that raised up Christ 
from the dead, shall also quicken 
your mortal bodies by his Spirit that 
dvvelleth in you. — 18. For 1 reckon, 
that the sufferings of this present 
time are not worthy to be compared 
with the glory which shall be re- 
vealed in us. For the earnest ex- 
pectation of the creature waiteth 
for the manifestation of the sons of 
God. For the creature was made 
subject to vanity, not willingly, but 
by reason of him who hath subject- 
ed the same in hope ; because the 
creature itself also shall be delivered 
from the bondage of corruption, 
into the glorious liberty of the 
children of God. For we know 
that the whole creation groaneth, 
and travaileth in pajil together until 
now. 

IT And not only they, but ouiv 
selves also, which have the first 
fruits of the Spirit, even we our- 
/selyes groan within ourselves, wait- 



ing for the adoption, to wit,- the 
redemption of our body. For we 
are saved by hope. But hope that 
is seen is not hope: for what a 
man seeth, why doth he yet hope 
for? But if we hope for that we 
s=ee not, then do we with patience 
wait for it. 

1 Cor. 6: 14. God both raised up 
the Lord Jesus, and will also rai.se 
us up by his own power. 

15: 3. Fori delivered unto you 
first of all, that which I also re- 
ceived, how that Christ died for our 
sins according to the scriptures ; 
and that he was buried, and that he 
rose again the third day according 
to the Scriptures: and that he was 
seen of Cephas, then of the twelve ; 
after that, he was seen of above 
five hundred brethren at once ; of 
whom the greater part remain unto 
this present, but some are fallen 
asleep. After that, he was seen of 
James ; then of all the Apostles. 
And last of all he was seen of me 
also, as of one born out of due 
time. — 12. Now if Christ be preach- 
ed that he rose from the dead, how 
say some among you that there is 
no resurrection of the dead? But 
if there be no resurrection of the 
dead, then is Christ not risen and if 
Christ be not risen, then is our 
preaching vain, and your faith is 
also vain. Yea, and we are found 
false witnesses of God ; because we 
have testified of God that he raised 
up Christ: whom he raised not up, 
if so be that the dead rise not. For 
if the dead rise not, then is not 
Christ raised: and if Christ be not 
raised, your faith is vain ; ye are 
yet in your sins. Then they also 
which are fallen asleep in Christ are 
perished. If in this jlife only we 
have hope in Christ, we are of all 
men most miserable. But now is 
Christ risen from the dead, and 
become the first-fruits of them that 
slept. For since by man came 
death, by man came also the res- 
urrection of the dead. (For as in 
Adam all die, even so in Christ 
shall all be made.) 

If But every man in his own 
order: Christ the first-fruits ; after- 
ward they that are Christ's at his 
coming. — 29. Else what shall they 
do, which are baptized for the dead, 
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they then baptized for the dead? 
And why stand we in jeopardy 
every hour? I protest by your 
rejoicing, which I have in Christ 
JesOs our Lord, I die daily. It' 
after the manner of men I have 
fought with beasts at Ephesus, what 
advantageth it me, if the dead rise 
not ? let us eat and drink ; for to- 
morrow we die. Be not deceived. 
K\[[ communications corrupt good 
maimers. Awake to righteousness, 
and sin not ; for some have not the 
knowledge of God. I speak this to 
your shame. 

IT But some man will say, How are 
the dead raised up ? and with what 
body do they come ? Thou fool ! 
that which thou sowest is not quick- 
ened except it die: and that which 
thou sowest, thou sowest not that 
body that shall be, but bare grain ; 
it may chance of wheat or of some 
other grain: but God giveth it a 
body as it hath pleased him, and to 
every seed his own body. All flesh 
is not the same flesh ; but there is 
one kind of flesh of men, another 
flesh of beasts, another of fishes, 
and another of birds. There are 
also celestial bodies, and bodies ter- 
restrial: but the glory of the celes- 
tial is one, and the glory of the ter- 
restrial is another. There is one 
glory of the sun, and another glory 
of the moon, and another glory of 
the stars: for one star ditfereth from 
another star in glory. So also is 
the resurrection of the dead. It is 
sown in corruption, it is raised in 
incorruption: it is sown in dishonor, 
it is raised in glory: it is sown in 
weakness, it is raised in power: it 
is sown a natural body* it is raised 
a spiritual body. There is a natural 
body, and there is a spiritual body. 
And so it is written, The first man 
Adam was made a living soul, the 
last Adam was made a quickening 
Spirit. Howbeit, that was not first 
which is spiritual, but that which is 
natural ; and afterward that which 
is spiritual. The first man is of 
the earth, earthy : the second man 
is the Lord from heaven. As is 
the earthy, such are they also that 
are earthy ; and as is the heav- 
enly, such are they also that are 
heavenly. And as we have borne 
the image of the earthy, we shall 
also bear the image of the heavenly. 



Now this I say, brethren, that flesh 
and blood cannot inherit the king- 
dom of God ; neither doth corrup- 
tion inherit incorruption. Behold, 
I show you a mystery: We shall 
not all sleep, but we shall all be 
changed, in a moment, in the twink- 
ling of an eye, at the last trump, 
(for the trumpet shall sound, and 
the dead shall be raised incorrupti- 
ble, and we shall be changed.) For 
this corruptible must put on incor- 
ruption, and this mortal must put on 
immortality. So when this corrup- 
tible shall have put on incorruption, 
and this mortal shall have put on 
immortality, then shall be brought 
to pass the saying that is written, 

Death is swallowed up in victory. 

O death, where is thy sting ? O 
grave, where is thy victory ? The 
sting of death is sin ; and the 
strength of sin is the law ; but 
thanks be to God, who giveth us 
the victory, through our Lord Jesus 
Christ. Therefore, my beloved breth- 
ren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, al- 
ways abounding in the work of the 
Lord, forasmuch as ye know that 
your labor is not in vain in the 
Lord. 

2 Cor. 4: 14. He that raised up 
the Lord Jesus, shall raise up us 
also, by Jesus, and shall present us 
with you. 

5: 1. If our earthly house of this 
tabernacle were dissolved, we have 
a building of God, a house not made 
with hands, eternal in the heavens. 

Rev. 20: 6. Blessed and holy is 
he that hath part in the first resur- 
rection ; on such the second death 
shall have no power ; but they shall 
be priests of God and of Christ, and 
shall reign with him a thousand 
years. — 13. The sea gave up the 
dead that were in it, and death and 
hell delivered up the dead that were 
in them. 

IT 1 Thes. 4: 13. But 1 would not 
have you to be ignorant, brethren, 
concerning them which are asleep, 
that ye sorrow not, even as others 
which have no hope. For if we 
believe that Jesus died and rose 
again, even so them also which sleep 
in Jesus will God bring with him. 
For this we say unto you by the 
word of the Lord, that we which 
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[*• 



II. 



coming of the Lord shall not pre- 
vent them which are asleep. For 
the Lord himself shall descend from 
heaven with a shout, with the voice 
of the archangel, and with the trump 
of God : and the dead in Christ 
shall rise first: then we which are 
alive and remain shall be caught up 
together with them in the clouds, to 
meet the Lord in the air: and so 
shall we ever be with the Lord. 
Wherefore, comfort one another 
with these words. 

John 11: 23. Thy brother shall 
rise again. Martha saith unto him, 
I know that he shall rise again in 
the resurrection at the last day. 
Jesus saith unto her, I am the res- 
urrection and the life. 



CHAPTER IV. 

FINAL JUDGMENT. 

THE FACT DECLARED. THE JUDGE. 

THE PERSONS JUDGED. THE 

RULE OF JUDGMENT, OR LAW. 
THE CHARGES, AND THE SEN- 
TENCE. 

Ps. 50: 6. God is judge himself. 

Eccl. 3: 17. God shall judge the 
righteous and the wicked. 

11: 9. Rejoice, O young man, in 
thy youth, and let thy heart cheer 
thee in the clays of thy youth, and 
walk in the ways of thine heart, 
and in the sight of thine eyes ; but 
know thou, that for all these things 
God will bring thee into judgment. 

12 : 14. God w 7 ill bring every 
work into judgment, with every se- 
cret thing, whether it be good, or 
whether it be evil. 

Mat. 25: 1. Then shall the king- 
dom of heaven be likened unto ten 
virgins, which took their lamps and 
went forth to meet the bridegroom. 
And five of them were wise, and 
five were foolish. They that were 
foolish took their lamps, and took 
no oil with them : but_ihe wise took 
oil in their vessels with their lamps. 
While the bridegroom tarried, they 
all slumbered and slept. And at 
midnight there was a cry made, Be- 
hold the bridegroom cometh ; go ye 
out to meet him ! Then all tho.-e 
virgins arose, and trimmed their 



lamps. And the foolish said unto 
the wise, Give us of your oil: for 
our lamps are gone out. But the 
w r ise answered, saying, Not so ; lest 
there be not enough for us and you : 
but go ye rather to them that sell, 
and buy for yourselves. And while 
they went to buy, the bridegroom 
came ; and they that were ready, 
went in with him to the marriage: 
and the door was shut. Afterward 
came also the other virgins, saying, 
Lord, Lord, open to us! But he 
answered and said, Verily, I say 
unto you, I know you not. Watch, 
therefore, for ye know neither the 
day nor the hour wherein the Son 
of man cometh. 

IF For the kingdom of heaven is as 
a man travelling into a far country, 
who called his own servants, and 
delivered unto them his goods. And 
unto one he gave five talents, to 
another two, and to another one ; 
to every man according to his sev- 
eral ability ; and straightway took 
his journey. Then he that had re- 
ceived the five talents went and 
traded with the same, and made 
them other five talents. And like- 
wise he that had received two, he 
also gained other two. But he that 
received one went and digged in 
the earth, and hid his lord's money. 
After a long time the lord of those 
servants cometh, and reckoneth with 
them. And so he that had received 
five talents, came and brought other 
five talents, saying, Lord, thou de- 
li veredst unto me five talents: be- 
hold, I have gained besides them 
five talents more. His lord said 
unto him, Well done, thou good 
and faithful servant ; thou hast been 
faithful over a few things, I will 
make thee rulejr over many things: 
enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 
He also that had received two tal- 
ents, came and said, Lord, thou 
deliveredst unto me two talents: be- 
hold, I have gained two other talents 
besides them. His lord said unto 
him, Well done, good and faithful 
servant ; thou hast been faithful 
over a few things, I will make thee 
ruler over many things: enter thou 
into the joy of thy lord. Then he 
which had received the one talent 
came, and said, Lord, I knew thee, 
that thou art a hard man, reaping 
where thou hast not sown, and gath- 



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ering where thou hast not strawed : 
and I was afraid, and went and hid 
thy talent in the earth: lo, there 
thou hast that is thine. His lord 
answered and said unto him, Thou 
wicked and slothful servant, thou 
knewest that I reap where I sowed 
not, and gather where I have not 
strawed: thou oughtest therefore to 
have put my money to the exchang- 
ers, and then at my coming I should 
have received mine own with usury. 
Take therefore the talent from him, 
and give it unto him which hath ten 
talents. For unto every one that 
hath shall be given, and he shall 
have abundance: but from him that 
hath not, shall be taken away even 
that which he hath. And east ye 
the unprofitable servant into outer 
darkness: there shall be weeping 
and gnashing of teeth. 

1T When the Son of man shall 
come in his glory, and all the holy 
angels with him, then shall he sit 
upon the throne of his gloiy: and 
before; him shall be gathered all na- 
tions : and he shall separate them 
one from another, as a shepherd 
divideth his sheep from the goats: 
and he shall set the sheep on his 
right hand, but the goats on the left. 

Then shall the King say unto 
them on his right hand, Come, ye 
blessed of my Father, inherit the 
kingdom prepared for you from the 
foundation of the world: for I was 
an hungered, and ye gave me meat: 
I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: 
I was a stranger, and ye took me 
in : naked, and ye clothed me : I 
was sick, and ye visited me: I was 
in prison, and ye came unto me. 
Then shall the righteous answer 
him, saying, Lord, when saw we 
thee an hungered, and fed thee ? or 
thirsty, and gave thee drink? When 
saw we thee a stranger, and took 
thee in ? or naked, and clothed 
thee ? Or when saw we thee sick, 
or in prison, and came unto thee ? 
And the King shall answer and say 
unto them, Verily, I say unto you, 
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto 
one of the least of these my brethren, 
ye have done it unto me. 

Then shall he say also unto them 
on the left hand, Depart from me, 
ye cursed, into everlasting fire, pre- 
pared for the devil and his angels: 
for I was an hungered, and ye gave 



me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye 
gave me no drink: I was a stranger, 
and ye took me not in: naked, and 
ye clothed me not : sick, and in 
prison, and ye visited me not. Then 
shall they also answer him, saying, 
Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, 
or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, 
or sick, or in prison, and did not 
minister unto thee r Then shall he 
answer them, saying, Verily, I say 
unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not 
to one of the least of these, ye 
did it not to me. And these shall 
go away into everlasting punish- 
ment : but the righteous into life 
eternal. 

Mat. 12 : 36. Every idle word 
that men shall speak, they shall give 
account thereof in the day of judg- 
ment. 

Rom. 14: 11. For we shall all 
stand before the judgment seat of 
Christ. — 12. So then everyone of 
us shall give account of himself 
unto God. 

Heb. 13: 17. Ministers watch for 
souls, as they that must give ac- 
count. 

1 Thess. 5: 2. The day of the 
Lord so cometh as a thief in the 
night. 

Acts 17 : SO. God now com- 
mandeth all men every where to 
repent ; because he hath appointed 
a day in which he will judge the 
world in righteousness by Jesus 
Christ. 

2 Thess. 2: 1. We beseech you, 
brethren, by the coming of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, . , . that ye be not soon 
shaken in mind. 

f 1 Pet. 4: 7. The end of all 

things is at hand: be ye therefore 
sober, and watch unto prayer. 

2 Pet. 3: 7. The heavens and 
the earth which are now, . . . are kept 
in store reserved unto fire against 
the day of judgment and perdition 
of ungodly men. But, beloved, be 
not ignorant of this one thing, that 
one day is with the Lord as a thou- 
sand years, and a thousand years 
as one day. — 10. But the day of 
the Lord will come as a thief in the 
night, in the which the heavens 
shall pass away with a great noise, 
and the elements shall melt with 
fervent heat: the earth also and the 
works that are therein shall be burnt 
up. 



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[p.., 



Seeing then that all these things 
shall be dissolved, what manner of 
persons ought ye to be in all holy 
conversation and godliness ; looking 
for and hasting unto the coming of 
the day of God, wherein the heavens 
being on fire shall be dissolved, and 
the elements shall melt with fervent 
heat. Nevertheless, we look for a 
new heaven and a new earth, where- 
in dwelleth righteousness. 

Acts 17: 31. He hath appointed 
a day in which he will judge the 
world in righteousness, by that man 
whom he hath appointed, whereof 
he hath given assurance, in that he 
hath raised him from the dead. 

John 5: 28. All that are in the 
graves shall hear his voice and come 
forth ; they that have done good, un- 
to the resurrection of life ; and they 
that have done evil, to the resurrec- 
tion of damnation. 

2 Cor. 5: 10. For we must all 
appear before the judgment seat of 
Christ, that every one may receive 
the things done in his body, accord- 
ing to that he hath done, whether it 
be good or bad. Knowing therefore 
the terror of the Lord, we persuade 
men. 

Heb. 9: 27. It is appointed unto 
men once to die, and after death, 
the judgment. 

Rev. 20: 11. And I saw a great 
white throne, and him that sat on it, 
from whose face the earth and the 
heaven fled away ; and there was 
found no place for them. And I 
saw the dead, small and great, stand 
before God ; and the books were 
opened : and another book was 
opened, which is the book of life : 
and the dead were judged out of 
those things which were written in 
the books, according to their works. 
And the sea gave up the dead which 
were in it ; and death and hell de- 
livered up the dead which were in 
them ; and they w-ere judged every 
man according to their works : and 
death and hell were cast into the lake 
of fire. This is the second death. 
And whosoever was not found writ- 
ten in the book of life was cast into 
the lake of fire. s 



CHAPTER V. 

BLESSEDNESS OF THE PENITENT 
BELIEVER. 

§ 1. DIVINE PROTECTION IN LIFE. 

Is a. 26: 1. We have a strong ci- 
ty ; salvation will God appoint for 
walls and bulwarks. Open ye the 
gates, that the righteous nation which 
keepeth the truth may enter in. 
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, 
whose mind is stayed on thee: be- 
cause he trusteth in thee. 

33: 15. He that walketh righte- 
ously, and speaketh uprightly ; he 
that despiseth the gain of oppres- 
sions, that shaketh his hands from 
holding of bribes, that stoppeth his 
ears from hearing of blood, and shut- 
teth his eyes from seeing evil ; he 
shall dwell on high: his place of de- 
fence shall be the munitions of rocks : 
bread shall be given him ; his wa- 
ters shall be sure. Thine eyes shall 
see the King in his beauty: they 
shall behold the land that is \ r rv far 
off. y 

40: 29. He giveth power to the 
faint ; and to them that have no 
might he increaseth strength. Even 
the youths shall faint and be weary, 
and the young men shall utterly fall: 
but they that wait upon the Lord 
shall renew their strength ; they shall 
mount up with wings as eagles; 
they shall run and not be weary ; 
and they shall walk, and not faint. 

41 : 17. When the poor and nee- 
dy seek water, and there isnone, and 
their tongue faileth for thirst, I the 
Lord, will hear them. I the God 
of Israel will not forsake them. I 
will open rivers in high places, and 
fountains in the midst of the valleys: 
I will make the wilderness a pool 
of water, and the dry land springs 
of water. 

54: 2. Enlarge the place of thy 
tent, and let them stretch forth the 
curtains of thy habitations: spare 
not, lengthen thy cords, and strength- 
en thy stakes : for thou shalt break 
forth on the right hand and on the 
left ; and thy seed shall inherit the 
Gentiles, and make the desolate ci- 



thou shalt not be ashamed: neither 
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not be put to shame: for thou shalt 
forget the shame of thy youth, and 
shalt not remember the reproach of 
thy widowhood any more. — 10. 
Neittfer shall the covenant of my 
peace be removed, saith the Lord 
that hath mercy on thee. O thou 
afflicted, tossed with tempest and 
not comforted ! Behold, 1 will lay 
thy stones with fair colors, and lay 
thy foundations with sapphires. 
And 1 will make thy windows of 
agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, 
and all thy borders of pleasant stones. 
And all thy children shall be taught 
of the Lord ; and great'shall be the 
peace of thy children. In right- 
eousness shalt thou be established. 
Thou shalt be far from oppression ; 
for thou shalt not fear : and from 
terror ; for it shall not come near 
thee. 

IT 55: 1. Ho, every one that thirst- 
eth, come ye to the waters, and he 
that hath no money ; come ye, buy, 
and eat ; yea, come, buy wine and 
milk without money and without 
price. Wherefore do ye spend mon- 
ey for that which is not bread ? and 
your labor for that which satisfieth 
not ? Hearken diligently unto me, 
and eat ye that which is good, and 
let your soul delight itself in fatness. 
Incline your ear. and come unto me: 
hear, and your soul shall live ; and I 
will make an everlasting covenant 
with you, even the sure mercies of 
David. 

64: 4. For since the beginning 
of the world men have not heard, 
nor perceived by the ear, neither 
hath the eye seen, O God, beside 
thee, what he hath prepared for him 
that waiteth for him. Thou meet- 
est him that rejoiceth and worketh 
righteousness, those that remember 
thee in thy ways: behold, thou art 
wroth ; for we have sinned: in those 
is continuance, and we shall be 
saved. 

Dan. 12: 2. And many of them 
that sleep in the dust of the earth 
shall awake, some to everlasting life, 
and some to shame and everlasting 
contempt. And they that be wise 
shall shine as the brightness of the 
firmament ; and they that turn many 
to righteousness as the stars forever 
and ever. 

Ezek-. IS: 5. But if a man be 
just, and do that which is lawful and 
33 



right, and hath not eaten upon the 
mountains, neither hath lifted up 
his eyes to the idols of the house of 
Israel, neither hath defiled his neigh- 
bor's wife, neither hath come near 
to a menstruous woman, and hath 
not oppressed any, but hath restored 
to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled 
none by violence, hath given his 
bread to the hungiy, and hath cov- 
ered the naked with a garment ; he 
that hath not given forth upon usu- 
ry, neither hath taken any increase, 
that hath withdrawn his hand from 
iniquity, hath executed true judgment 
between man and man, hath walked 
in my statutes, and hath kept my 
judgments, to deal truly ; he is just; 
he shall surely live, saith the Lord 
God. — 21. But if the wicked will 
turn from all his sins that be hath 
committed, and keep all my statutes, 
and do that which is lawful and right, 
he shall surely live, he shall not die. 
All his transgressions that he hath 
committed, they shall not be men- 
tioned unto him : in his righteous- 
ness that he hath done he shall live. 
Have I any pleasure at all that the 
wicked should die ? saith the Lord 
God: and not that he should return 
from his ways, and live ? 

11 Gen. 39: 2. And the Lord was 
with Joseph, and he was a prosper- 
ous man ; and be was in the house 
of his master the Egyptian. And his 
master saw that the Lord was with 
him, and that the Lord made all 
that he did to prosper in his hand. 
And Joseph found grace in his sight, 
and he served him : and he made him 
overseer over his house, and all that 
he had he put into his hand. And 
it came to pass from the time that 
he had made him overseer in his 
house, and over all that he had, that 
the Lord blessed the Egyptian's 
house for Joseph's sake ; and the 
blessing of the Lord was upon all 
that he had in the house, and in the 
field. And he left all that he had in 
Joseph's hand ; and he knew not 
aught he had, save the bread which 
he did eat. And Joseph was a good- 
ly person, and well-favored. — 20. 
And Joseph's master took him, and 
put him into the prison, a place 
where the king's prisoners were 
bound: and he was there in the pris- 
on. But the Lord was with Joseph, 
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him favor in the sight of the keeper 84: 11. The Lord God is a sun 

of the prison. and shield. The Lord will give 

41: 89. And Pharaoh said unto grace and glory; no good thing will 

Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath he withhold from them that walk 

showed thee all this, there is none uprightly. 

so discreet and wise as thou art: 23:1. The Lord is my shepherd; 

thou shalt be over my house, and I shall not want. He maketh me to 

according unto thy word shall all my lie down in green pastures, and 

people be ruled: only in the throne leadeth me beside still waters; He 

will I be greater than thou. And restoreth my soul; He leadeth me in 

Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I the paths of righteousness, for his 
have set thee over all the land of name'ssake.-- 6. Surely goodness and 

Egypt. And Pharaoh took off his mercy shall follow me all the days 

ring from his hand, and put it upon of my life, and I will dwell in the 
Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in ■ house of the Lord forever, 
vestures of fine linen, and put a| 1 Tim. 4: 8. Godliness is profita- 



gold chain about his neck ; and he 
made him to ride in the second char- 
iot which he had. 

Deut. 32: 9. For the Lord's 
portion is his people ; Jacob is the 
lot of his inheritance. He found him 
in a desert land, and in the waste 
howling wilderness ; he led him 
about, he instructed him, he kept 
him as the apple of his eye. As an 
eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth 
over her young, spreadeth abroad 
her wings, taketh them, beareth 
them on her wings: so the Lord 



ble unto all things, having promise 
of the life that now is, and of that 
which is to come. 

IT Ps. 37:3. Trust in the Lord and 
do good; so shalt thou dwell in the 
land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 
Delight thyself in the Lord, and he 
shall give thee the desire of thy 
heart. Commit thy way unto the 
Lord, and he will bring it to pass : and 
he shall bring forth thy righteousness 
as the light, and thy judgment as the 
noon-day. — 16. A little that a right- 
alone did lead him, and there was j eous man hath, is better than the 



no strange god with him. 

1T Ps. 1:1. Blessed is the man 
that walketh not in the counsel of 
the ungodly, nor standeth in the way 
of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of 
the scornful ; but his delight is in 
the law of the Lord, and in his law 
doth he meditate day and night. 
He shall be like a tree planted by 
rivers of water, that bringeth forth 
fruit in his season : his leaf also shall 
not wither, and whatsoever he doeth 
shall prosper. 

12: 5. For the oppression of the 
poor, for the sighing of the needy, 
now will I arise, saith the Lord, I 
will set him in safety from him that with "his feathers, and under his 



riches of many wicked. — 18. The 
Lord knoweth the days of the up- 
right, and their inheritance shall be 
forever. They shall not be ashamed 
in the evil time; and in the days of 
famine, they shall be satisfied. — 25. 
I have been young and now am old j 
yet have I never seen the righteous 
forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 
— 28. For the Lord loveth judg- 
ment, and forsaketh not his saints; 
they are preserved forever. . . . The 
righteous shall inherit the land. 

91: 1. He that dwelleih in the se- 
cret place of the most High, shall 
dwell under the shadow of the Al- 
mightv. — 4. He shall cover thee 



puffeth at him. 

16: 5. The Lord is the portion of 
my inheritance and of my cup. Thou 
maintainest my lot. The lines are 
fallen unto me in pleasant places; 
yea, I have a goodly heritage. 



wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall 
be thy shield and buckler. Thou 
shalt not be afraid of the terror by 
night ; nor for the arrow that flieth 
by day: nor for the pestilence that 
walketh in darkness: nor for the de- 



25: 12. What man is he that fear- struction that wasteth at noon-day. 
eth the Lord .. .his soul shall dwell A thousand shall fall at thy side, 
at ease, and his seed shall inherit j and ten thousand at thy right hand; 
the earth. but it shall not come nigh thee. Be- 

84: 9. Fear the Lord, ye his | cause thou hast made the Lord, 
saints, for there is no want to them ! which is my refuge, even the most 
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no evil befal thee, neither shall 
any plague come near thy dwell- 
ing. 

Isa. 1: 19. If ye be willing and 
obedient, ye shall eat the good of 
the land. 



§ 2. SUPPORT IN DEATH. 

Ps. 37 : 37. Mark the perfect man, 
and behold the upright, for the end 
of that man is peace. 

23: 4. Yea, though I walk through 
the valley of the shadow of death, I 
will fear no evil; for thou art with 
me; thy rod and thy staff, they com- 
fort me. 

Prov. 14: 32. The righteous hath 
hope in his death. 

Ps. 116: 15. Precious in the sight 
of the Lord is the death of his 
saints. 

Num. 23 : 10. Let me die the death 
of the righteous; and let my last end 
be like his. 

Jsa. 57: 1. The righteous is taken 
away from the evil to come. He 
shall enter into peace. 

2 Cor. 5: 8. We are willing rath- 
er to be absent from the body, and 
to be present wirh the Lord. 

Phil. 1 : 21. For to me to live is 
Christ, and to die is gain. — 23. I 
have a desire to depart and to be 
with Christ, which is far better. 

2 Tim. 4:6. I am now ready to 
be offered, and the time of my de- 
parture is at hand. ... I have fought 
a good fight, I have finished my 
course,! have kept the faith; hence- 
forth there is laid up for me a crown 
of righteousness . . .which shall never 
fade away. 

Acts 7 : 59. They stoned Stephen, 
calling upon God, and saying, Lord 
Jesus, receive my spirit. And he 
kneeled down, and cried with a loud 
voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their 
charge; and when he had said this, 
he fell asleep. 

Rev. 14: 13. Blessed are the dead 
which die in the Lord from hence- 
forth ; Yea, saith the Spirit, that 
they may rest from their labors, and 
their works do follow them. 



REWARDF.D ACCORDING TO THEIR 
CHARACTERS AND SERVICES. 



Isa. 3: 10. Say ye to the right- 
eous, it shall be well with him, 
for they shall eat of the fruit of their 
doings. 

Mat. 5: 3. Blessed are the poor 
in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom 
of heaven. Blessed are they that 
mourn: for they shall be comforted. 
Blessed are the meek: for they shall 
inherit the earth. Blessed are they 
which do hunger and thirst after 
righteousness: for they shall be fill- 
ed. Blessed are the merciful: for 
they shall obtain mercy. Blessed 
are the pure in heart: for they shall 
see God. Blessed are the peace- 
makers: for they shall be called the 
children of God. Blessed are they 
which are persecuted for righteous- 
ness' sake: for theirs is the king- 
dom of heaven. Blessed are ye 
when men shall revile you, and per- 
secute you, and shall say all manner 
of evil against you falsely, for my 
sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding 
glad, for great is your reward in 
heaven: for so persecuted they 
the prophets which were before 
you. 

7: 24. Whosoever heareth these 
sayings of mine and doeth them, I 
will liken him unto a wise man 
which built his house upon a rockj 
and the rain descended, and the 
floods came, and the winds blew and 
beat upon that house, and it fell not, 
for it was founded upon a rock. 

10: 42. Whosoever shall give to 
drink unto one of these little ones a 
cup of cold water only, in the name 
of a disciple, verily I say unto you, 
he shall in no wise lose his re- 
ward. 

Luke 6: 20. And he lifted up his 
eyes on his disciples, and said, Bless- 
ed be ye poor: for yours is the 
kingdom of God. Blessed are ye 
that hunger now: for ye shall be 
filled. Blessed are ye that weep 
now: for ye shall laugh. Blessed 
are ye when men shall hate you, 
and when they shall separate you 
from their company, and shall re- 
proach you, and cast out your name 
as evil, for the Son of man's sake. 
Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for 
joy; for behold, your reward is great 
in heaven: for in the like man- 



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II. 



ner did their fathers unto the pro- 
phets. 

1T Mat. 19:27. Then answered Pe- 
ter, and said unto him, Behold, we 
have forsaken all, and followed thee; 
what shall we have therefore? And 
Jesus said unto them, Verily, I say 
unto you, That ye which have fol- 
lowed me, in the regeneration, when 
the Son of man shall sit in the 
throne of his glory, ye also shall sit 
upon twelve thrones, judging the 
twelve tribes of Israel. And every 
one that hath forsaken houses, or 
brethren, or sisters, or father, or 
mother, or wife, or children, or 
lands, for my name's sake, shall re- 
ceive a hundred-fold, and shall in- 
herit everlasting life. (Luke 18: 28.) 
But many that are first shall be last, 
and the last shall be first. 

20; 1. For the kingdom of heaven 
is like unto a man that is a house- 
holder, which went out early in the 
morning to hire laborers into his 
vineyard. And when he had agreed 
with the laborers for a penny a day, 
he sent them into his vineyard. And 
he went out about the third hour, 
and saw others standing idle in the 
market-place, and said unto them, 
Go ye also into the vineyard; and 
whatsoever is right, I will give you. 
And they went their way. Again 
he went out about the sixth and 
ninth hour, and did likewise. And 
about the eleventh hour he went out 
and found others standing idle, and 
saith unto them, Why stand ye here 
all the day idle? They say unto 
him, Because no man hath hired us. 
He saith unto them, Go ye also into 
the vineyard; and whatsoever is 
right, that shall ye receive. So when 
evening was come., the lord of the 
vineyard saith unto his steward, 
Call the laborers, and give them 
their hire, beginning from the last 
unto the first. And when they came 
that were hired about the eleventh 
hour, they received every man a 
penny. But when the first came, 
they supposed that they should have 
received more; and they likewise 
received every man a penny. And 
when they had received it, they 
murmured against the good man of 
the house, saying, These last have 
wrought but one hour, and thou hast 
made them equal unto us, which 
have borne the burden and heat of 



the day. But he answered one of 
them, and said, Friend, I do thee 
no wrong: didst not thou agree 
with me for a penny? Take that 
thine is, and go thy way: I will give 
unto this last, even as unto thee. Is 
it not lawful for me to do what I 
will with mine own? is thine eye 
evil because I am good? So the 
last shall be first, and the first last: 
for many be called, but few cho- 
sen. 

1T 26: 13. Verily I say unto you, 
Wheresoever this gospel shall be 
preached in the whole world, there 
shall this also, that this woman hath 
done, be told for a memorial of 
her. 

Mark 12: 41. And Jesus sat over 
against the treasury, and beheld how 
the people cast money into the treas- 
ury: and many that were rich cast 
in much. And there came a certain 
poor widow, and she threw in two 
mites, which make a farthing. And 
he called unto him his disciples, and 
saith unto them, Verily, I say unto 
you, That this poor widow hath 
cast more in, than all they which 
have cast into the treasury. For all 
they did cast in of their abundance; 
but she of her want did cast in all 
that she had, even all her living. 
(Luke 21: 2.) 

9": 41. For whosoever shall give 
you a cup of water to drink in my 
name, because ye belong to Christ, 
verily, I say unto you, He shall not 
lose his reward. 

2 Cor. 5: 1. For we know that if 
our earthly house of this tabernacle 
were dissolved, we have a building 
of God, a house not made with 
hands, eternal in the heavens. For 
in this we groan, earnestly desiring 
to be clothed upon with our house 
which is from heaven : if so be that 
being clothed we shall not be found 
naked. For we that are in this tab- 
ernacle do groan, being burdened: 
not for that we would be unclothed, 
but clothed upon, that mortality 
might be swallowed up of life. 
Now, he that hath wrought us for 
the self-same thing is God, who also 
hath given unto us the earnest of 
the Spirit. Therefore we are al- 
ways confident, knowing that, whilst 
we are at home in the body, we are 
absent from the Lord: (for we walk 
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fident, I say, and willing rather to 
be absent from the body, and to be 
present with the Lord. 

Gal. 6: 9. Let us not be weary in 
well-doing, for in due season we 
shall reap, if we faint not. As we 
have therefore opportunity, let us 
do good unto all men; especially un- 
to them who are of the household of 
faith. 

IT 1 John 3: 1. Behold, what man- 
ner of love the Father hath bestowed 
upon us, that we should be called 
trie sons of God ! Therefore the 
world knoweth us not, because it 
knew him not. Beloved, now are 
we the sons of God, and it doth not 
yet appear what we shall be: but 
we know that, when he shall ap- 
pear, we shall be like him; for we 
shall see him as he is. 

Rev. 14: 1. Audi looked, and lo, 
a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, 
and w ith him an hundred forty and 
four thousand, having his Father's 
name written in their foreheads. 
And I heard a voice from heaven, 
as the voice of many waters, and as 
the voice of a great thunder: and I 
heard the voice of harpers harping 
with their harps: and they sung as 
it were a new song before the throne, 
and before the four beasts and the 
elders: and no man could learn that 
song but the hundred and forty and 
four thousand, which were redeemed 
from the earth. These are they 
which were not defiled with women : 
for they are virgins: these are they 
which follow the Lamb whitherso- 
ever he goeth: these were redeemed 
from among men, being the first- 
fruits unto God and to the Lamb: 
and in their mouth was found no 
guile: for they are without fault be- 
fore the throne of God. — 12. Here 
is the patience of the saints: here 
are they that keep the command- 
ments of God, and the faith of Je- 
sus. And I heard a voice from 
heaven, saying unto me, Write, 
Blessed are the dead which die in 
the Lord from henceforth: Yea, 
saith the Spirit, that they may rest 
from their labors; and their works 
do follow them. 

20: 4. And I saw thrones, and 
they sat upon them, and judgment 
was given unto them : and I saw the 
souls of them that were beheaded 
for the witness of Jesus, and for the 



word of God, and which had not 
worshipped the beast, neither his 
image, neither had received his mark 
upon their foreheads, or in their 
hands; and they lived and reigned 
with Christ a thousand years. But 
the rest of the dead lived not again 
until the thousand years were fin- 
ished. This is the first resurrec- 
tion. Blessed and holy is he that 
hath part in the first resurrection: 
on such the second death hath no 
power, but they shall be priests of 
God and of Christ, and shall reign 
with him a thousand years. 

IF 21 : 1. And I saw a new heaven 
and a new earth : for the first heaven 
and the first earth were passed 
away ; and there was no more sea. 
And I John saw the holy city, new 
Jerusalem, coming down from God 
out of heaven, prepared as a bride 
adorned for her husband. And I 
heard a great voice out of heaven, 
saying, Behold, the tabernacle of 
God is with men, and he will dwell 
with them, and they shall be his 
people, and God himself shall be 
with them, and be their God. And 
God shall wipe away all tears from 
their eyes; and there shall be no 
more death, neither sorrow, nor 
crying, neither shall there be any 
more pain : for the former things are 
passed away. — 6. I will give unto 
him that is athirst of the fountain of 
the water of life freely. He that 
overcometh shall inherit all things; 
and I will be his God, and he shall 
be my son. 

Rom. 8: 17. If children, then 
heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs 
with Christ. 

Mat. 25: 34. Then shall the King 
say to them on the right hand, Come, 
ye blessed of my Father, inherit the 
kingdom prepared for you from the 
foundation of the world: for I was 
an hungered, and ye gave me meat; 
I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; 
I was a stranger, and ye took me in; 
naked, and ye clothed me; I was 
sick, and ye visited me; I was in 
prison, and ye came unto me. — 40. 
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto 
one of the least of these, my breth- 
ren, ye have done it unto me. 

Luke 22: 29. I appoint unto you 
a kingdom, as my Father hath ap- 
pointed unto me, that ye may eat 
and drink at my table in my kingdom. 



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Col. 1:12. The Father hath made 
us meet to be partakers of the in- 
heritance of the saints in light. 

1 Thess. 2: 12. God hath called 
yon to his kingdom and glory. 

2 Tim. 4: ^18. The Lord shall 
preserve me to his heavenly king- 
dom. 



§ 4. THEY HAVE REST. 

Job 3:17. There the weary are at 
rest. 

Jer. 6: 16. Walk in the good 
way, and ye shall find rest unto your 
souls. 

Mat. 11: 28. Come unto me, all 
ye that labor and are heavy laden, 
and I will give you rest. 

Heb. 4: 9. There reinaineth a rest 
for the people of God. 

Rev. 14: 13. Blessed are the dead 
that die in the Lord; Yea, sairh the 
Spirit; for they rest from their la- 
bors, and their works do follow 
them. 

There the wicked cease from troubling, and the 
weary are at rest. 

Isa. 33: 24. The inhabitants shall 
not say, 1 am sick. 



§ 5. they are free from sin and 
suffering. 

Rev. 3: 4. They shall walk 
with me in white, for they are 
worthy. 

Jude 24. He is able to present 
you faultless before the presence of 
his glory, with exceeding joy. 

Rev. 21 : 4. God shall wipe away 
all tears from their eyes: and there 
shall be no more death, neither sor- 
row, nor crying; neither shall there 
be any more pain, for the former 
things are passed away. 

22: 3. There shall be no more 
curse: but the throne of God and the 
Lamb shall be in it. 

Rom. 6 : 22. Being made free from 
sin, and become the servants of 
God, ye have your fruit unto holi- 
ness. 

Ps. 17: 15. As for me, I will be- 
hold thy face in righteousness; I 
shall be satisfied when I awake in 
thy likeness. 



§ 6. EMPLOYED IN THE SERVICE 
OF GOD. 

Rev. 5: 11. And I beheld, and I 
heard the voice of many angels 
round about the throne . . . and the 
number of them was ten thousand 
times ten thousand, and thousands 
of thousands: saying with a loud 
voice, Worthy is the Lamb that 
was slain, to receive power and 
riches and wisdom and strength and 
honor and glory and blessing. 

7: 12. Amen. Blessing and glory 
and wisdom and honor and power 
and might be unto our God forever 
and ever. Amen. And one of the 
elders said unto me, What are these 
which are arrayed in white robes, 
and whence come they? 

These are they that come out of 
great tribulation, and have washed 
their robes and made them white in 
the blood of the Lamb. Therefore 
are they before the throne of God, 
and serve him day and night in his 
temple: and he that sitteth on the 
throne shall dwell among them. 
They shall hunger no more, neither 
thirst any more, neither shall the 
sun light on them, or any heat. 
For the Lamb, which is in the 
midst of the throne, shall feed 
them, and shall lead them unto liv- 
ing fountains of water, and God shall 
wipe away all tears from their 
eyes. 

22: 3. The throne of God and of 
the Lamb shall be in it, and his ser- 
vants shall serve him. 



§ 7. AN EVERLASTING PORTION. 

2 Peter 1 : 3. God hath begot- 
ten us to a lively hope; ... to an inher- 
itance incorruptible, undefiled, and 
that fadeth not away, reserved in 
heaven. 

2 Tim. 4: 8. Henceforth there is 
laid up for me a crown of righteous- 
ness, which the Lord, the righteous 
judge, shall give me at that day ; 
and not to me only, but to all them 
that love his appearing. 

2 Peter 1 : 11. An entrance shall 
be ministered unto you abundantly 
into the everlasting kingdom of our 
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 

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fulness of joy, and at thy right hand 
are pleasures forevermore. 

Rev. 22: 5. The Lord God giveth 
them light, and they shall reign for- j 
ever and ever. 

1 Thess. 4: 17. We shall be i 
caught up in the clouds to meet the i 
Lord in the air ; so shall we be 
ever with the Lord. 

Mat. 6: 20. Lay up for your- 
selves treasures in heaven, where 
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt ; 
nor thieves break through and steal. 

25: 46. The righteous shall go 
into life eternal. 

Gal. 6:8. He that soweth to the 
Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life 
everlasting. 

Rom. 2:7. To them, who by 
patient continuance in well-doing 
seek for glory, honor, and immor- 
tality, eternal life. 

6: 22. Being made free from sin, 
and become the servants of God, ye 
have your fruit unto holiness, and 
the end everlasting life. 



20: 12. Though wickedness be 
sweet in his mouth, though he hide 
it under his tongue ; though he spare 
it and forsake it not, but keep it still 
within his mouth ; yet his meat in 
his bowels is turned ; it is the gaul 
of asps within him. 

(See Desert of Sin, p. 112.) 



§ 2. 



COMFORTLESS DEATH. 



CHAPTER IV. 

POPvTION OF THE EVIPENlTExNT AND 
UNBELIEVING. 

" Wliat shall the end he of them that 
obey not the gospel ? " 1 Pet. 4 : 17. 

§ 1. DISQUIETUDE IN LIFE. 

Isa. 43: 22. There is no peace, 
saith the Lord, unto the wicked. 

57 : 20. The wicked are like the 
troubled sea, when it cannot rest ; 
whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 
There is no peace, saith my God, to 
the wicked. 

Job 15 : 20. The wicked man 
travailerh in pain all his days, and 
the number of his years is hidden to 
the oppressor. A dreadful sound is 
in his ears. In prosperity the de- 
stroyer shall come upon him. He 
believeth not that he shall return 
out of darkness. . . . Trouble and 
anguish shall make him afraid ; 
they shall prevail against him, as a 
king ready to the battle. For he 
stretcheth out his hand against God, 
and strengtheneth himself against the 
Almighty. 



Job 18 : 5. The light of the 
wicked shall be put out. — 17. His 
remembrance shall perish from the 
earth. — 20. They that come after 
him shall be astonished at his day ; 
as. they that went before were 
affrighted. 

20 : 5. The triumphing of the 
wicked is short, and the joy of the 
hypocrite but for a moment. Though 
his excellency mount up to the heav- 
ens, and his head reach unto the 
clouds, yet he shall perish forever ; 
they which have seen him shall say, 
Where is he? 

27: 20. Terrors take hold upon 

him as waters: a tempest stealeth 

him away in the night. The east 

i wind carrieth him away, and he de- 

! parteth, and as a storm hurleth him 

out of his place. 

36: 6. God preserveth not the 
life of the wicked. 

Ps. 37 : 38. The end of the 
wicked shall be cut off. 

Prov. 11:7. When a wicked 
! man dieth, his expectation perisheth. 
12:7. The wicked are over- 
! thrown, and are not. 

14: 32. The wicked is driven 
away in his wickedness. 



§ 3. REMOVAL FROM EARTHLY GOOD. 

Luke 16: 25. Son, remember that 
thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy 
good things ; likewise Lazarus evil 
things ; now he is comforted, and 
thou art tormented. 

Ps. 49 : 10. They leave their 
wealth to others. — 14. Their beau- 
ty shall consume in the grave. 

Prov. 31 : 30. Favor is deceitful; 
beauty is vain. 

Lam. 1 : 6. Her beauty is de- 
parted. 

Eccl. 2: 18. Yea I hated all my 



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labor which I had taken under the 
sun ; because I should leave it unto 
the man that shall be after me. 

5: 15. As he came, naked shall 
he return, and shall take nothing of 
his labor which he may carry away 
in his hand. In all points as he 
came so shall he go. 

9 : 5. The memory of them is 
forgotten. Also their love and their 
hatred and their envy is now per- 
ished ; and they have no more a 
portion in any thing that is done 
under the sun. 

1 Tim. 6:7. We brought noth- 
ing into this world, and it is certain 
we can carry nothing out. 

Ps. 49: 17. When he dieth he 
shall carry nothing with him. His 
glory shall not descend after him. 

Eccl. 4 : 7. Then I returned 
and I saw vanity under the sun ; 
there is one alone, and there is not a 
second ; yea, he hath neither child 
nor brother ; yet is there no end of 
all his labor ; neither is his eye sat- 
isfied with riches ; neither saith he, 
For whom do I labor and bereave 
my soul of good ? This is also van- 
ity and a sore travail. 

Luke 6: 24. Woe unto you that 
are rich, for ye have received your 
consolation. Woe unto you that are 
full, for ye shall hunger. 

James 5:5. Ye have lived in 
pleasure on the earth, and been, wan- 
ton. Ye have nourished your hearts, 
as in a day of slaughter. 



§ 4. PUNISHMENT FROM HEAVEN. 

Mat. 5: 20. Except your right- 
eousness shall exceed the righteous- 
ness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye 
shall in no case enter into the king- 
dom of heaven. 

7: 21. Not everyone that saith 
unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter in- 
to the kingdom of heaven. . . . Many 
will say unto me at that day, Lord, 
Lord, have we not prophesied in 
thy name, and in thy name have cast 
out devils, and in thy^name done 
many wonderful works ? And then 
will I profess unto them, I never 
knew you. Depart from me ye that 
work iniquity. — 26. Every one that 
heareth these sayings of mine, and 
doeth them not, shall be likened unto 
a foolish man which built his house 



upon the sand. And the rain de- 
scended, and the floods came, and the 
winds blew, and beat upon that 
house, and it fell, and great was the 
fall of it. — 19. Every tree that 
bringeth not forth good fruit is 
hewn down and cast into the fire. — 
13. Broad is the way that leadeth 
to destruction, and many there be 
which go in thereat. 

8: 11. Many shall come from 
the east and west, and shall sit down 
with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob 
in the kingdom of heaven, but the 
children of the kingdom shall be cast 
out into outer darkness ; there shall 
be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

1 1 : 22. It shall be more tolera- 
ble for Tyre and Sidon and the land 
of Sodom in the day of judgment, 
than for thee, [Bethsaida, Chorazin, 
and Capernaum.] 

10: 33. But whosoever shall de- 
ny me before men, him will I also 
deny before my Father which is in 
heaven. 

Luke 9: 23. And he said to them 
all, If any man will come after me, 
let him deny himself, and take up 
his cross daily, and follow me. For 
whosoever will save his life, shall 
lose it: but whosoever will lose his 
life for my sake, the same shall save 
it. (For what is a man advantaged, 
if he gain the whole world, and lose 
himself, or be cast away ?) For 
whosoever shall be ashamed of me, 
and of my words, of him shall the 
Son of man be ashamed, when he 
shall come in his own glory, and in 
his Father's, and of the holy angels. 

U Mark 8: 36. (For what shall it 
profit a man, if he shall gain the 
whole world, and lose his own soul? 
Or what shall a man give in exchange 
for his soul ?) Whosoever therefore 
shall be ashamed of me and of my 
words, in this adulterous and sinful 
generation, of him also shall the Son 
of man be ashamed, when he comcth 
in the glory of his Father with the 
holy angels. 

John 8: 21. I go my way, and ye 
shall seek me, and shall die in your 
sins ; whither I go ye cannot come. 

Gal. 5: 19. Now the works of 
the flesh are manifest, which are 
these, adultery, fornication, unclean- 
ness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witch- 
craft, hatred, variance, emulations, 
wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, en- 



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PORTION OF THE WICKED. 



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vyings, murders, drunkenness, revel- 
ling, and such like: of the which I 
tell you before, as I have also told 
you in time past, that they which do 
such things shall not inherit the 
kingdom of God. 



Devil ; the harvest is the end of the 
world ; and the reapers are the an- 
gels. As therefore the tares are 
gathered and burned in the fire ; so 
shall it be in the end of this world. 
The Son of man shall send forth 
his angels, and they shall gather out 
of his kingdom all things that of- 
fend 3 and them which do iniquity ; 
and shall cast them into a furnace 
of fire: there shall be wailing and 
gnashing of teeth. Then shall the 



all uncleanness, or covetousness, let 

it not be once named among you, 

(as becometh saints,) neither filthi- 

nesSj nor foolish talking, nor jesting, 

which are not convenient: but rather 

giving of thanks. For this ye know, j righteous shine forth as the sun in 

that no whoremonger, nor unclean ! the kingdom of their Father. Who 

person, nor covetous man, who is an | hath ears to hear, let him hear. — 47. 

idolater, hath any inheritance in the Again: The kingdom of heaven is 

kingdom of Christ and of God. Let like unto a net, that was cast into 

no man deceive you with vain words: J the sea, and gathered of every kind: 



for because of these things cometh 
the wrath of God upon the children 
of disobedience. 



which, when it was full, they drew 
to shore, and sat down, and gathered 
the good into vessels, but cast the 



Rev. 21: 26. And they shall bring j bad away. So shall it be at the 
the glory and honor of the nations j end of the world: the angels shall 

come forth, and sever the wicked 



into it. And there shall in no wise 
enter into it any thing that defileth, 
neither whatsoever worketh abomi- 
nation, or maketh a lie ; but thej^ 
which are written in the Lamb's 
book of life. 

22: 14. Blessed are they that do 
his commandments, that they may 
have right to the tree of life, and 
may enter in through the gates into 
the city. For without are dogs, aud 
sorcerers, and whoremongers, and 
murderers, and idolaters, and who- 
soever loveth and maketh a lie. 



§ 5. HELL. 

23. And fear not them 
the body, but are not 



from among the just, and shall cast 
them into the furnace of fire: there 
shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 

11" 18: 6. But, whoso shall offend 
one of these little ones which be- 
lieve in me, it were better for him 
that a mill-stone were hanged about 
his neck, and that he were drowned 
in the depth of the sea. Woe unto 
the world because of offences ! for 
it must needs be that offences come ; 
but woe to that man by whom the 
offence cometh ! Wherefore, if thy 
hand or thy foot offend thee, cut 
them off, and cast them from thee ; 
it is better for thee to enter into life 
halt or maimed, rather than having 
two hands or two feet, to be cast 
into everlasting fire. And if thine 



Mat. 10: 

which kill 

able to kill the soul: but rather fear eye offend thee, pluck it out, and 

cast it from thee: it is better for 
thee to enter into life with one eye, 
rather than having two eyes, to be 
cast into hell-fire. 

22: 11. And when the king 
came in to see the guests, he saw 
there a man which had not on a 
wedding garment: and he saith un- 
to him, Friend, how earnest thou in 
hither, not having a wedding gar- 
ment ? And he was speechless. 
Then said the king to the servants, 
Bind him hand and foot, and take 
him away, and cast him into outer 
darkness : there shall be weeping 
and gnashing of teeth. For many 
are called, but few are chosen. 



him which is able to destroy both 
soul and body in hell. 

13: 30. Let both grow together 
until the harvest: and in the time 
of harvest 1 will say to the reapers, 
Gather ye together first the tares, 
and bind them in bundles to burn 
them: but gather the wheat into my 
barn. — 37. Declare unto us the 
parable of the tares of the field. 
He answered and said unto them ; 
He that soweth the good seed is 
the Son of man ; the field is the 
world ; the ?ood seed are the chil- 
dren of the kingdom ; but the tares 
are the children of the wicked One ; 
the enemy that sowed them is the 
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[P. II. 



25:28. Take therefore the talent 
from him, and give it unto him 
which hath ten talents. For unto 
every one that hath, shall be given ; 
and from him that hath not, shall be 
taken away even that which he 
hath. And cast ye the unprofitable 
servant into outer darkness ; there 
shall be weeping and gnashing of 
teeth. — 36. These shall go away 
into everlasting punishment ; but 
the righteous into life eternal. 

Mark 9: 42. And whosoever shall 
offend one of these little ones that 
believe in me, it is better for him 
that a millstone were hanged about 
his neck, and he were cast into the 
sea. And if thy hand offend thee, 
cut it off : it is better for thee to 
enter into life maimed, than having 
two hands to go into hell, into the 
fire that never shall be quenched: 
where their worm dieth not, and 
the fire is not quenched. And if 
thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is 
better for thee to enter halt into life, 
than having too feet to be cast into 
hell, into the fire that never shall be 
quenched : where their worm dieth 
not, and the fire is not quenched. 
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck 
it out: it is better for thee to enter 
into the kingdom of God with one 
eye, than having two eyes, to be 
cast into hell-fire : where their 
worm dieth not, and the fire is not 
quenched. For every one shall be 
salted with fire, and every sacrifice 
shall be salted with salt. Salt is 
good: but if the salt have lost its 
saltness, wherewith will ye season 
it ? Have salt in yourselves, and 
have peace one with another. 

If Luke 12: 4. And I say unto you, 
my friends, Be not afraid of them 
that kill the body, and after that 
have no more that they can do. But 
I will forewarn you whom ye shall 
fear: Fear him which, after he hath 
killed, hath power to cast into hell ; 
yea, 1 say unto } 7 ou, Fear him. — 
47. And that servant which knew 
his lord's will, and prepared not 
himself, neither did according to his 
will, shall be beaten with many 
stripes. But he that knew not, and 
did commit things worthy of stripes, 
shall be beaten with few stripes. 
For unto whomsoever much is giv- 
en, of him shall be much required ; 
and to whom men have committed 



much, of him they will ask the 
more. — 57. Why even of your- 
selves judge ye not what is right? 
When thou goest with thine adver- 
sary to the magistrate, as thou art 
in the way, give diligence that thou 
mayest be delivered from him ; lest 
he hale thee to the judge, and the 
judge deliver thee to the officer, and 
the officer cast thee into prison. I 
tell thee, thou shalt not depart 
thence, till thou hast paid the very 
last mite. 

13: 1. There were present at 
that season some that told him of 
the Galileans, whose blood Pilate 
had mingled with their sacrifices. 
And Jesus answering, said unto 
them, Suppose ye that these Gali- 
leans were sinners above all the 
Galileans, because they suffered such 
things ? I tell you, Nay ; but, ex- 
cept ye repent, ye shall all likewise 
perish. Or those eighteen, upon 
whom the tower in Siloam fell, and 
slew them, think ye that they were 
sinners above all men that dwelt in 
Jerusalem ? I tell you, Nay ; but, 
except ye repent, ye shall all like- 
wise perish. 

IT He spake also this parable : A 
certain man had a fig-tree planted 
in his vineyard ; and he came and 
sought fruit thereon, and found 
none. Then said he unto the dres- 
ser of his vineyard, Behold, these 
three years I come seeking fruit on 
this fig-tree, and find none ; cut it 
down; why cumbereth it the ground? 
And he answering, said unto him, 
Lord, let it alone this year also, till 
I shall dig about it, and dung it: 
and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, 
then after that thou shalt cut it 
down. — 25. When once the master 
of the house is risen up and hath 
shut to the door, and ye begin to 
stand without and to knock at the 
door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto 
us: and he shall answer and say 
unto you, I know you not, whence 
ye are. Then shall ye begin to say, 
We have eaten and drunken in thy 
presence, and thou hast taught in 
our streets. But he shall say, I 
know you not, whence ye are: de- 
part from me, all ye workers of in- 
iquity. There shall be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth, w hen ye shall 
see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, 
and all the prophets in the kingdom 



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PORTION OF THE UNBELIEVING. 



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of God, and you yourselves thrust 
out. 

16: 19. There was a certain rich 
man which was clothed in linen, 
and fared sumptuously every day, 
. . . and the rich man died and was 
buried, . . . and in hell he lifted up 
his eyes being in torment, and seeth 
Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in 
his bosom. And he cried and said, 
Father Abraham, have mercy on 
me, and send Lazarus, that lie may 
dij) the tip of his finger in water 
and cool my tongue, for I am tor- 
mented in this flame. But Abraham 
said, Son, remember that thou, in 
thy lifetime, receivedst thy good 
things, likewise Lazarus evil things; 
but now, he is comforted and thou 
art tormented. Besides all this, be- 
tween us and you there is a great 
gulf fixed ; so that they which would 
pass from hence to you cannot, 
neither can they pass to us that 
would come from thence. 

19: 14. His citizens hated him 
and sent a message after him, say- 
ing, We will not have this man to 
reign over us. — 27. Those, mine 
enemies, who would not that I 
should reign over them, bring hither, 
and slay them before me. 

1 Thess. 5: 1. But of the times 
and the seasons, brethren, ye have 
no need that I write unto you ; for 
yourselves know perfectly, that the 
day of the Lord so cometh as a 
thief in the night. For when they 
shall say, Peace and safety ; then 
sudden destruction cometh upon 
them, as travail upon a woman with 
child ; and they shall not escape. 

IF 2 Thess. 1:6. It is a righteous 
thing with God, to recompense trib- 
ulation to them that trouble you . . . 
when the Lord Jesus shall be re- 
vealed from heaven, with his mighty 
angels in flaming fire, taking ven- 
geance on them that know not God, 
and that obey not the gospel of our 
Lord Jesus Christ: who shall be 
punished with everlasting destruc- 
tion from the presence of the Lord, 
and from the glory of his power; 
when he shall come to be glorified 
in his saints, and to be admired in 
all them that believe. 

2: 11. For this cause God shall 
send them strong delusion, that they 
should believe a lie: that they all 
might be damned who believed not 



i the truth, but had pleasure in un- 
I righteousness. 

2 Peter 2: 17. These are wells 
1 without water, clouds that are car- 
| ried with a tempest; to whom the 
mist of darkness is reserved forever. 
I For when they speak great swelling 
j words of vanity, they allure through 
| the lusts of the flesh, through much 
wantonness, those that were clean 
escaped from them who live in er- 
ror. While they promise them lib- 
erty, they themselves are the ser- 
vants of corruption: for of whom a 
man is overcome, of the same is he 
brought in bondage. 

3: 3. There shall come in the 
last days scoffers, walking af- 
ter their own lusts, and saying, 
Where is the promise of his coming? 
for since the fathers fell asleep, all 
things continue as they were from 
the beginning of the creation. — 7. 
The heavens and the earth which 
are now, by the same word are kept 
in store, reserved unto fire against 
the day of judgment and perdition 
of ungodly men. 

Rev. 21: 8. But the fearful, and 
unbelieving, and the abominable, 
and murderers, and whoremongers, 
and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all 
liars, shall have their part in the 
lake that burnetii with fire and brim- 
stone, which is the second death. 

2 Peter 2: 4. God spared not 
the angels that sinned, but cast them 
down to hell, and delivered them 
into chains of darkness, to be re- 
served unto judgment. 

Ps. 9: 17. The wicked shall be 
turned into hell; and all the nations 
that forget God. 

Isa.28:15. Because ye have said, 
We have made a covenant with 
death, and with hell are we at agree- 
ment; when the overflowing scourge 
passes through, it shall not come 
nigh unto us, for we have made lies 
our refuge, and under falsehood 
have we hid ourselves ... the hail 
shall sweep away your refuges of 
lies, and your covenant with death 
shall be disannulled, and your agree- 
ment with hell shall not stand. 



§ 6. JUST RETRIBUTION FOR THEIR 
WORKS. 

Isa. 8:11. Woe to the wicked} it 



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FINAL ISSUE JUST RETRIBUTION. 



[P. II. 



shall be ill with him. For the re- 
ward of his hands shall be given 
him. 

Mat. 16: 24. Then said Jesus 
unto his disciples, If any man will 
come after me, let him deny him- 
self, and take up his cross, and fol- 
low me. For whosoever will save 
his life, shall lose it : and whosoever 
will lose his life for my sake, shall 
find it: (for what is a man profited, 
if he shall gain the whole world, and 
lose his own soul? or what shall a 
man give in exchange for his soul?) 
For the Son of man shall come in 
the glory of his Father, with his 
angels; and then he shall reward 
every man according to his works. 

Rom. 2: 5. But, after thy hardness 
and impenitent heart, treasurest up 
unto thyself wrath against the day 
of wrath, and revelation of the 
righteous judgment of God, who 
will render to every man according 
to his deeds : to them who, by patient 
continuance in well doing, seek for 
glory, and honor, and immortality; 
eternal life: but unto them that are 
contentious, and do not obey the 
truth, but obey unrighteousness; in- 
dignation and wrath, tribulation and 
anguish, upon every soul of man 
that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and 
also of the Gentile: but glory, honor, 
and peace, to every man that work- 
eth good, to the Jew first, and also 
to the Gentile: for there is no re- 
spect of persons with God. For as 
many as have sinned without law, 
shall also perish without law: and 
as many as have sinned in the law, 
shall be judged by the law, (for not 
the hearers of the law are just be- 
fore God, but the doers of the law 
shall be justified. For when the 
Gentiles, which have not the law, 
do by nature the things contained in 
the law, these, having not the law, 
are a law unto themselves, which 
show the work of the law written in 
their hearts, their conscience also 
bearing witness, and their thoughts 
the mean while accusing, or else 
excusing one another;) in the day 
when God shall judge the secrets of 
men by Jesus Christ, according to 
my gospel. 

1T Gai,. 6:7. Be not deceived; 
God is not mocked: for whatsoever 
a man soweth, that shall he also 
reap. For he that soweth to the 



flesh, shall of the flesh reap corrup- 
tion: but he that soweth to the 
Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life 
everlasting. 

2 Tim. 3: 13. Evil men and se- 
ducers shall wax worse and worse, 
deceiving and being deceived. 

Rev. 22: 10. And he saith unto 
me, Seal not the sayings of the pro- 
phecy of this book; for the time is 
at hand. He that, is unjust, let him 
be unjust still: and he which is 
filthy, let him be filthy still: and he 
that is righteous, let him be right- 
eous still: and he that is holy, let 
him be holy still. And behold, I 
come quickly; and my reward is 
with me, to give every man accord- 
ing as his work shall be. I am Al- 
pha and Omega, the beginning and 
the end, the first and the last. 

2 Cor. 5: 10. We must all appear 
before the judgment-seat of Christ, 
that every one may receive the 
things done in his body, according 
to that he hath done, whether it be 
good or bad. 

Job 4: 8. They that plow iniquity 
and sow wickedness, reap the same. 
By the blast of God they perish, and 
by the breath of his nostrils are they 
consumed. 

1sa.59: 18. According to their deeds, 
accordingly he will repay, fury to 
his adversaries; recompense to his 
enemies. 

65: 12. Because when I called ye 
did not answer; when I spoke ye 
did not hear, but did evil before 
mine eyes, and chose that wherein 
I delighted not, therefore . . . behold, 
my servants shall eat, but ye shall 
be hungry; behold, my servants 
shall rejoice, but ye shall be 
ashamed; behold, my servants shall 
sing for joy of heart, but ye shall 
cry for sorrow of heart, and shall 
howl for vexation of spirit. 



§ 7. THE WICKED UNDER THE DIS- 
PLEASURE OF GOD. 

Ps. 1 : 5. The ungodly shall not 
stand in judgment ; nor sinners 
in the congregation of the righte- 
ous. . . . The way of the ungodly 
shall perish. 

2: 4. He that sitteth in the heav- 
ens shall laugh ; the Lord shall 
have them in derision. Then shall 



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GOD ANGRY WITH THE WICKED. 



2S5 



he speak to them in his wrath and I 
vex them in his sore displeasure. 
— 11. Kiss the son lest he be angry 
With you, and ye perish from the 
way, when his wrath is kindled but 
a little. 

5: 4. Thou art not a God that 
hath pleasure in wickedness ; nei- I 
ther shall evil dwell with thee. 
The foolish shall not stand in thy 
Bight: thou hat est all workers of 
iniquity. Thou shah destroy them 
that speak leasing: the Loan will 
abhor the bloody and deceitful \ 
man. 

9: 1-2. When he maketh inquisi- 
tion for blood, he remembereth 
them, he forgetteth not the cry of 
the humble. . . . The Lord is known 
by the judgments which he exe- 
cuteth ; the wicked is snared in the 
work of their own hands. 

20: 8. Thy hand shall find out 
all thine enemies ; thy right hand 
shall find out them that hate thee. 
Thou shalt make them as a fiery 
oven in the day of thine anger. 
The Lord shall swallow them up 
in his wrath ; and the fire shall 
devour them. 

26: 9. Gather not my soul with 
sinners, nor my life with bloody 
men. 

32: 10. Many sorrows shall be 
to the wicked. 

34: 16. The face of the Lord 
is against them that do evil 5 to cut 
off the remembrance of them from 
the earth. —31. Evil shall slay the | 
wicked, and they that hate the j 
righteous shall be desolate. 

IT 37: 1. Fret not thyself because I 
of evil doers ; neither be thou en- ; 
vious at the workers of iniquity, | 
for they shall soon be cut down like 
the grass, and wither as the green i 
herb. — 9. Evil doers shall be cut; 
off. . . . Yet a little while and the j 
wicked shall not be. . . . The Lord 
shall laugh at him, for he seeth that 
his day is coming. . . . Their sword 
shall enter into their own heart, and 
their bows shall be broken. — 35. 
I have ^een the wicked in great 
power; and spreading himself like 
a green bay tree ; yet he passed 
away, and lo, he was not. Yea, I 
sought him, but he could not be 
found. — 39. The transgressors shall 
be destroyed together ; the end of 
the wicked shall be cut off. 



50: 23. Now consider this, ye 
that forget God, lest 1 tear you in 
pieces, and there be none to de- 
liver. 

52: 4. God shall destroy thee 
forever ; he shall take thee away, 
and pluck thee out of thy dwelling 
place. 

53: 5. Thou hast put them to 
shame, because God hath despised 
them. 

55 : 19. God shall hear and 
afflict them, even he that abideth 
of old. Because they have no 
changes, therefore they fear not 
God.— 23. Thou,0 God*, .-halt bring 
them down into the pit of destruc- 
tion ; bloody and deceitful men shall 
not live out half their days. 

75: 8. \n the hand of the Lord 
there is a cup. and the wine thereof 
is red ; it is full of mixture ; and he 
poureth out of the same ; but the 
dregs thereof, all the wicked of the 
earth shall wring them out and 
drink them. 

112: 10. The desire of the wick- 
ed shall perish. 

Job 21 : 17. How oft is the can- 
dle of the wicked put out: and how 
oft cometh their destruction upon 
them! God distributeth sorrows in 
his anger. 

Eccl. 8: 11. Because sentence 
against an evil work is not executed 
speedily ; therefore the hearts of 
the sons of men are fully set in 
them to do evil. . . . But it shaJl not 
be well with the wicked. 

IF Isa. 1 : 24. I will ease me of my 
adversaries, and avenge me of mine 
enemies, the destruction of the 
transgressors and of the sinners 
shall be together; and they that 
forsake the Lord shall be con- 
sumed. 

24: 18. For the windows from on 
high are open, arid the foundations 
of the earth do shake. The earth 
is utterly broken down, the earth is 
clean dissolved, the earth is moved 
exceedingly. The earth shall reel 
to and fro like a drunkard, and shall 
be removed like a cottage ; and 
the transgression therof shall be 
heavy upon it ; and it shall fall, and 
not rise again. And it shall come 
to pass in that day, that the Lord 
shall punish the host of the high 
ones that are on high, and the kings 
of the earth upon the earth. And 



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they shall be gathered together, as 
prisoners are gathered in the pit, 
and shall be shut up in the prison, 
and after many days shall they be 
visited. Then the moon shall be 
confounded, and the sun ashamed, 
when the Lord of hosts shall reign 
in mount Zion, and iu Jerusalem, 
and before his ancients gloriously. 

28 : 14. Wherefore hear 'the 
word of the Lord, ye scornful men, 
that rule this people which is in 
Jerusalem. Because ye have said, 
We have made a covenant with 
death, and with hell are we at 
agreement ; when the overflowing 
scourge shall pass through, it shall 
not come unto us: for we have made 
lies our refuge, and under falsehood 
have we hid ourselves. — 18. And 
the hail shall sweep away the refuge 
of lies, and the waters shall over- 
flow the hiding-place. And your 
covenant with death shall be disan- 
nulled, and your agreement with 
hell shall not stand ; when the over- 
flowing scourge shall pass through, 
then ye shall be trodden down by it. 
From the time that it goeth forth it 
shall take you : for morning by 
morning shall it pass over, by day 
and by night: and it shall be a vex- 
ation only to understand the report. 
For the bed is shorter than that a 
man can stretch himself on it: and 
the covering narrower than that he 
can wrap himself in it: for the Lord 
shall rise up as in mount Perazim, 
he shall be wroth as in the valley of 
Gibeon, that he may do his work, 
his strange work ; and bring to pass 
his act, his strange act. Now 
therefore be ye not mockers, lest 
your bands be made strong: for I 
have heard from the Lord God of 
hosts a consumption, even deter- 
mined upon the whole earth. 

IT 29 : 8. It shall even be as 
when an hungry man drearneth, 
and, behold, he eateth ; but he 
awaketh, and his soul is empty: or 
as when a thirsty man drearneth, 
and, behold, he drinketh ; but he 
awaketh, and, be'hold, he is faint, 
and his soul hath appetite: so shall 
the multitude of all the nations be, 
that fight against mount Zion. Stay 
yourselves, and wonder; cry ye 
out, and cry: they are drunken, but 
not with wine ; they stagger, but 
not with strong drink. — 13. Where- 



fore the Lord said, Forasmuch as 
this people draw near me with their 
mouth, and with their lips do honor 
me, but have removed their heart 
far from me and their fear toward 
me is taught by the precept of men: 
therefore, behold, I will proceed to 
do a marvellous work among this 
people, even a marvellous work and 
a wonder: for the wisdom of their 
wise men shall perish, and the un- 
derstanding of their prudent men 
shall be hid. Woe unto them that 
seek deep to hide their counsel from 
the Lord. And their works are in 
the dark, and they say, Who seeth 
us? and who knoweth us? Surely 
your turning of things upside down 
shall be esteemed as the potter's 
clay: for shall the work say of him 
that made it, He made me not? Or 
shall the thing framed say of him 
that framed it, He had no under- 
standing? Is it not yet a very little 
while, and Lebanon shall be turned 
into a fruitful field, and the fruitful 
field shall be esteemed as a forest? 
And in that day shall the deaf hear 
the words of the book, and the eyes 
of the blind shall see out of obscu- 
rity, and out of darkness. The 
meek also shall increase their joy 
in the Lord, and the poor among 
men shall rejoice in the Holy One 
of Israel. For the terrible one is 
brought to nought, and the scorner 
is consumed, and all that watch for 
iniquity are cut off: that make a 
man an offender for a word, and lay 
a snare for him that reproveth in 
the gate, and turn aside the just for 
a thing of nought. 

IF 83: 1. W^oe to thee that spoil- 
est, and thou wast not spoiled ; and 
dealest treacherously, and they dealt 
not treacherously with thee. When 
thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt 
be spoiled ; and when thou shalt 
make an end to deal treacherously, 
they shall deal treacherously with 
thee. 

Ezek. 5: 8. Therefore thus saith 
the Lord God ; Behold I, even I, 
am against thee, and will execute 
judgments in the midst of thee in 
the sight of the nations. And I 
will do in thee that which I have 
not done, and whereunto I will not 
do any more the like, because of all 
the abominations. Therefore the 
fathers shall eat the sons in the 



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midst of thee, and the sons shall eat 
their fathers; and I will execute 
judgments in thee, and the whole 
remnant of thee will I scatter into 
all the winds. Wherefore, as I live, 
saith the Lord God, surely, because | 
thou hast defiled my sanctuary with 
all thy detestable th'mgs, and with 
all thine abominations, therefore will 
I also diminish thee: neither shall 
mine eye spare, neither will I have 
any pity. 

22: 13. Behold, therefore I have 
smitten mine hand at thy dishonest i 
gain which thou hast made, and at 
thy blood which hath been in the 
midst of thee. Can thine heart en- 
dute, or can thine hands be strong, 
in the days that I shall deal with 
thee? I the Lord have spoken it, and I 
will do it. And I will scatter thee 
among the heathen, and disperse 
thee in the countries, and will con- . 
sume thy filthiness our. of thee. And 
thou shalt take thine inheritance in j 
thyself in the sight of the heathen, 
and thou shalr know that I am the 
Lord. 

S3: 26. And ye defile every one 
his neighbor's Avife: and shall ye j 
possess the land? say thou thus un- 
to them, Thus saith the Lord God; 
As I live, surely they that are in the 
wastes shall fall by the sword, and 
him that is in the open field will I 
give to the beasts to be devoured, 
and they that be in the forts and in 
the caves shall die of the pestilence. 
For I will lay the land most deso- 
late, and the pomp of her strength 
shall cease; and the mountains of 
Israel shall be desolate, that none 
shall pass through. Then shall 
they know that lam the Lord, when 
I have laid the land most desolate, 
because of all their abominations 
which they have committed. 

IT Amos 9: 2. Though they dig in- 
to hell, thence shall mine hand take 
them; though they climb up tu heav- 
en, thence will I bring them down: 
and though they hide themselves in 
the toj) of Carmel, I will search and 
take them out thence; and though 
they be hid from my sight in the 
bottom of the sea, thence will I com- 
mand the serpent, and he shall bite 
them: and though they go into cap- 
tivity before their enemies, thence 
will I command the sword, and it 
shall slay them: and I will set mine 



eyes upon them for evil, and not for 
good. And the Lord God of hosts 
is he that toucheth the land, and it 
shall melt, and all that dwell there- 
in shall mourn : and it shall rise up 
wholly like a flood ; and shall be 
drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. 
It is he that buildeth his stories in 
the heaven, and hath founded his 
troop in the earth ; he that calleth 
for the waters of the sea, and pour- 
eth them out upon the face of the 
earth: the Lord is his name. 

Nah. 1: 2. God is jealous, and 
the Lord revengeth ; the Lord re- 
vengeth, and is furious ; the Lord 
will take vengeance on his adversa- 
ries, and he reserveth wrath for his 
enemies. The Lord is slow to an- 
ger, and great in power, and will not 
at all acquit the wicked. — 6. Who 
can stand before his indignation ? 
And who can abide in the fierceness 
of his anger ? His fury is poured 
out like fire, and the rocks are 
thrown down by him. The Lord is 
good, a strong hold in the day of 
trouble ; and he knoweth them that 
trust in him. But with an overrun- 
ning flood he will make an utter end 
of the place thereof, and darkness 
shall pursue, his enemies. What do 
ye imagine against the Lord ? He 
will make an utter end: affliction 
shall not rise up the second time. 
For while they be folden together as 
thorns, and while they are drunken 
as drunkards, they shall be devoured 
as stubble fully dry. There is one 
come out of thee, that imagineth 
evil against the Lord, a wicked 
counsellor ! Thus saith the Lord: 
Though they be quiet, and likewise 
many, yet thus shall they be cut 
down, when he shall pass through. 

IT Hab. 2: 9 Woe to him that 
coveteth an evil covetousness to his 
house, that he may set his nest on 
high, that he may be delivered from 
the power of evil ! Thou hast con- 
sulted shame to thy house by cutting 
off many people, and hast sinned 
against thy soul. For the stone shall 
cry out of the wall, and the beam 
out of the timber shall answer it. 
Woe to him that buildeth a town 
with blood, and establisheth a city 
by iniquity ! Behold, is it not of the 
Lord of hosts that the people shall 
labor in the very fire, and the people 
shall weary themselves for very van- 



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P. II. 



ity ? For the earth shall be filled I 
with the knowledge of the glory of 
the Lord, as the waters cover the 
sea. Woe unto him that giveth his j 
neighbor drink, that puttest thy bot- 
tle to him, and makest him drunken j 
also, that thou mayest look on their j 
nakedness ! Thou art filled with | 
shame for glory : drink thou also, 
and let thy foreskin be uncovered, j 
The cup of the Lord's right hand i 
shall be turned unto thee, and shame- 
ful spewing shall be on thy glory. 
For the violence of Lebanon shall | 
cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, 
which made them afraid, because of 
men's blood, and for the violence of 
the land, of the city, and of all that 
dwell therein. 

Rev. 14: 8. And there followed 
another Angel, saying, Babylon is | 
fallen ! is fallen ! that great city ! | 
because she made all nations drink 
of the wine of the wrath of her for- 
nication. And the third Angel fol- 
lowed them, saying with a loud j 
voice, If any man worship the Beast j 
and his image, and receive his mark ! 
in his forehead, or in his hand, the j 
same shall drink of the wine of the j 
wrath of God, which is poured out 
without mixture into the cup of his 
indignation ; and he shall be tor- 
mented with fire and brimstone in 
the presence of the holy angels, and 
in the presence of the Lamb. And 
the smoke of their torment ascendeth 
up forever and ever: and they have 
no rest day or night, who worship 
the Beast and his image, and who- 
soever receiveth the mark of his i 
name. 

If 17: 4. And the woman was ar- \ 
rayed in purple and scarlet-color, and I 
decked with gold and precious stones 
and pearls, having a golden cup in 
her hand full of abominations and 
filthiiiess of her fornication: and up- 
on her forehead was a name wrirten, 

MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE | 
MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINA- 
TIONS of the earth. And I saw 
the woman drunken with the blood 
of the saints, and withjthe blood of 
the martyrs of Jesus. 

18: 2. Babylon the great is fal- 
len ! is fallen ! and is become the 
habitation of devils, and the hold of 
every foul spirit, and a cage of eve- 
ry unclean and hateful bird; for all j 
nations have drunk of the wine of I 



the wrath of her fornication, and the 
kings of the earth have committed 
fornication with her, and the mer- 
chants of the earth are waxed rich 
through the abundance of her deli- 
cacies. And I heard another voice 
from heaven, saying, Come out of 
her, my people, that ye be not par- 
takers of her sins, and that ye re- 
ceive not of her plagues. For her 
sins have reached unto heaven, and 
God hath remembered her iniquities, 
lie ward her even as she rewarded 
you, and double unto her double ac- 
cording to her works: in the cup 
which she hath filled, fill to her dou- 
ble. How much she hath glorified 
herself, and lived deliriously, so 
much torment and sorrow give her: 
for she saith in her heart, I sit a 
queen, and am no widow 7 , and shall 
see no sorrow. Therefore shall her 
plagues come in one day, death, and 
mourning, and famine ; and she shall 
be utterly burned with fire : for strong 
is the Loud God who judgeth her. 
And the kings of the earth who have 
committed fornication and lived de- 
liciously with her, shall bewail her, 
and lament for her, when they shall 
see the smoke of her burning, stand- 
ing afar off for the fear of her tor- 
ment, saying, Alas, alas ! that great 
city Babylon ! that mighty city ! 
for in one hour is thy judgment 
come ! — 14. And the fruits that thy 
soul lusted after are departed from 
thee, and all things which were 
dainty and goodly are departed from 
thee, and thou shalt find them no 
more at all. The merchants of 
these things, which were made rich 
by her, shall stand afar off for the 
fear of her torment, weeping and 
wailing, and saying, Alas, alas ! that 
great city, that was clothed in fine 
linen, and purple, and scarlet, and 
decked with gold, and precious 
stones, and pearls ! for in one hour 
so great riches is come to naught. 

H And every ship-master, and all the 
company in ships, and sailors, and 
as many as trade by sea, stood afar 
off, and cried when they saw the 
smoke of her burning, saying, What 
city is like unto this great city ! 
And they cast dust on their heads, 
and cried, weeping and wailing, say- 
ing, Alas, alas, that great city, 
wherein were made rich all that had 
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costliness ! for in one hour is she 
made desolate. Rejoice over her, 
thou heaven, and ye holy Apostles 
and prophets ; for God hath avenged 
you on her. And a mighty angel 
took up a stone like a great mill- 
stone, and cast it into the sea, say- 
ing, Thus with violence shall that 
great city Babylon be thrown down, 
and shall be found no more at all. 
And the voice of harpers, and musi- 
cians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, 
shall be heard no more at all in thee: 
and no craftsman, of whatsoever 
craft he be, shall be found any more 
in thee ; and the sound of a mill- 
stone shall be heard no more at all 
in thee ; and the light of a candle 
shall shine no more at all in thee ; 
and the voice of the bridegroom 
and of the bride shall be heard no 
more at all in thee : for thy mer- 
chants were the great men of the 
earth ; for by thy sorceries were all 
nations deceived. 

Mat. 19: 16. And behold, one 
came and said unto him, Good Mas- 
ter, what good thing shall I do, that 
I may have eternal life ? And he 
said unto him, Why callest thou me 
good ? there is none good but one, 
that is, God: but if thou wilt enter 
into life, keep the commandments. 
He saith unto him, Which ? Jesus 
said ; Thou shalt do no murder ; 
Thou shalt not commit adultery ; 
Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not 
bear false witness ; Honor thy fa- 
ther and thy mother, and, Thou shalt 
love thy neighbor as thyself. The 
young man said unto him, All these 
things have I kept from my youth 
up : what lack 1 yet ? Jesus said 
unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go 
and sell that thou hast, and give to 
the poor, and thou shalt have treas- 
ure in heaven: and come and follow 
me. But when the young man 
heard that saying, he went away 
sorrowful: for he had great posses- 
sions. 

U Then said Jesus unto his disci- 
ples, Verily, I say unto you, That a 
rich man shall hardly enter into the 
kingdom of heaven. And again I say 
unto you, It is easier for a camel to 
go through the eye of a needle, than 
for a rich man to enter into the king- 
dom of God. When his disciples 
heard it, they were exceedingly 
amazed, saving, Who then can be 
35 



saved ? But Jesus beheld them, and 
said unto them, With men this is 
impossible, but with God all things 
are possible. 

Gal. 3: 9. So then they which 
be of faith are blessed with faithful 
Abraham. For as many as are of 
the works of the law, are under the 
curse: for it is written, Cursed is 
every one that continueth not in all 
things which are written in the book 
of the law to do them. But that no 
man is justified by the law in the 
sight of God, it is evident : for, The 
just shall live by faith ; and the law 
is not of faith: but, The man that 
doeth them shall live in them. 



§8. CONDEMNATION AGGRAVATED EY 
REJECTING THE GOSPEL. 

Heb. 2: 1. Therefore we ought 
to give the more earnest heed to the 
things which we have heard, lest 
at any time we should let them slip. 
For if the word spoken by angels 
was steadfast, and every transgres- 
sion and disobedience received a 
just recompense of reward ; how 
shall we escape if we neglect so 
great salvation ; which at the first 
began to be spoken by the Lord, 
and was confirmed unto us by them 
that heard him, God also bearing 
them witness, both with signs and 
wonders, and with divers miracles, 
and gifts of the Holy Ghost, accord- 
ing to his own will ? 

6: 3. For it is impossible for 
those who were once enlightened, 
and have tasted of the heavenly gift, 
and were made partakers of the 
Holy Ghost, and have tasted the 
good word of God, and the powers 
of the world to come, if they shall 
fall away, to renew them again unto 
repentance ; seeing they crucify to 
themselves the Son of God afresh, 
and put him to an open shame. For 
the earth, which drinketh in the 
rain that cometh oft upon it, and 
bringeth forth herbs meet for them 
by whom it is dressed, receiveth 
blessing from God: but that which 
beareth thorns and briers is rejected, 
and is nigh unto cursing ; whose 
end is to be burned. 

10: 26. For if we sin wilfully 
after that we have received the 
knowledge of the truth, there re- 



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maineth no more sacrifice for sins, 
but a certain fearful looking for of 
judgment and fiery indignation, 
which shall devour the adversaries. 
He that despised Moses' law, died 
without mercy under two or three 
witnesses: of how much sorer pun- 
ishment, suppose ye, shall he be 
thought worthy, who hath trodden 
under foot the Son of God, and 
hath counted the blood of the cove- 
nant, wherewith he was sanctified, 
an unholy thing, and hath done des- 
pite unto the Spirit of grace ? For 
we know him that hath said, 

Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, 
saith the Lord. 

And again, 

The Lord shall judge his people. 

It is a fearful thing to fall into the 
hands of the living God. 

2 Pet. 2: 5. God spared not the 
old world, . . . bringing in the flood 
upon the world of the ungodly: and 
turning the cities of Sodom and Go- 
morrah into ashes, condemned them 
with an overthrow, making them 
an ensample unto those that after 
should live ungodly ; and delivered 
just Lot, vexed with the filthy con- 
versation of the wicked: (for that 
righteous man dwelling among them, 
in seeing and hearing, vexed his 
righteous soul from day to day with 
their unlawful deeds ;) the Lord 
knoweth how to deliver the godly 
out of temptations, and to reserve 
the unjust unto the day of judgment 
to be punished : but chiefly them 
that walk after the flesh in the lust 
of uncleanness, and despise govern- 
ment. Presumptuous are they, self- 
willed ; they are not afraid to speak 
evil of dignities : whereas, angels, 
which are greater in power and 
might, bring not railing accusation 
against them before the Lord. But 
these, as natural brute beasts, made 
to be taken and destroyed, speak 
evil of the things that they under- 
stand not : and shall utterly perish 
in their own corruption. 



§ 9. A HOPELESS CONDITION. 

Mat 7: 26. And every one that 
fteareth these sayings of mine, and 
doeth them not, shall be likened 



unto a foolish man , which built his 
house upon the sand. And the rain 
descended, and the floods came, and 
the winds blew, and beat Upon that 
house ; and it fell: and great was 
the fall of it. 

Luke 6: 24. But woe unto you 
that are rich ! for ye have received 
your consolation. Woe unto you 
that are full ! for ye shall hunger. 
Woe unto you that laugh now ! for 
ye shall mourn and weep. Woe 
unto you when all men shall speak 
well of you ! for so did their fathers 
to the false prophets. 

12: 45. But and if that servant 
say in his heart, My lord delayeth 
his coming ; and shall begin to beat 
the men-servants and maidens, and 
to eat and drink, and to be drunken; 
the lord of that servant will come 
in a day when he looketh not For 
him, and at an hour when he is not 
aware, and will cut him in sunder, 
and will appoint him his portion 
with the unbelievers. 

13: 23. Then said one unto him, 
Lord, are there few that be saved ? 
And he said unto them, Strive to 
enter in at the strait gate : for many, 
I say unto you, will seek to enter 
in, and shall not be able. When 
once the master of the house is 
risen up, and hath shut to the door, 
and ye begin to stand without, and 
to knock at the door, saying, Lord, 
Lord, open unto us ; and he shall 
answer and say unto you, I know 
you not whence ye are: then shall 
ye begin to say, We have eaten and 
drunk in thy presence, and thou 
hast taught in our streets. But he 
shall say, I tell you, I know you not 
whence ye are ; depart from me, all 
ye workers of iniquity. There shall 
be weeping and gnashing of teeth, 
when ye shall see Abraham, and 
Isaac, and Jacob, and all the pro- 
phets, in the kingdom of God, and 
you yourselves thrust out. And 
they shall come from the east, and 
from the west, and from the north, 
and from the south, and shall sit 
down in the kingdom of God. And 
behold, there are last, which shall 
be first ; and there are first, which 
shall be last. 

IT 17: 1. Then said he unto the 
disciples, It is impossible but that 
offences will come : but woe unto 
him through whom they come ! It 



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291 



were better for him that a millstone 
were hanged about his neck, and 
he cast into the sea, than that 
he should offend one of these lit- 
tle ones. Take heed to yourselves ! 
— 19. There was a certain rich 
man, which was clothed in purple 
and fine linen, and fared sumptu- 
ously every day : and there was a cer- 
tain beggar named Lazarus, which 
was laid at his gate, full of sores, 
and desiring to be fed with the 
crumbs which fell from the rich 
man's table : moreover, the dogs 
came and licked his sores. And it 
came to pass, that the beggar died, 
and was carried by the angels into 
Abraham's bosom. The rich man 
also died, and was buried. And in 
hell he lifted up his eyes, being in 
torments, and seeth Abraham afar 
off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And 
he cried, and said, Father Abraham! 
have mercy on me ! and send Laza- 
rus, that he may dip the tip of his 
finger in water, and cool my tongue: 
for I am tormented in this flame. 
But Abraham said, Son, remember 
that thou in thy lifetime receivedst 
thy good things, and likewise Laza- 
rus evil things: but now he is com- 
forted, and thou art tormented. And 
besides all this, between us and you 
there is a great gulf fixed: so that 
they which would pass from hence 
to you, cannot ; neither can they 
pass to us, that would come from 
thence. Then he said, I pray thee 
therefore, father, that thou wouldest 
send him to my father's house: for 
I have five brethren ; that he may 
testify unto them, lest they also 
come into this place of torment. 
Abraham saith unto him, They have 
Moses and the prophets ; let them 
hear them. And he said, Nay, fa- 
ther Abraham: but if one went unto 
them from the dead, they will re- 
pent. And he said unto him, If 
they hear not Moses and the pro- 
phets, neither will they be per- 
suaded, though one rose from the 
dead. 

1T 21 : 22. And truly the Son of 
man goeth as it was determined : 
but woe unto that man by whom he 
is betrayed ! And they began to 
inquire among themselves, which of 
them it was that should do this 
thing. 

23: 28. But Jesus turning unto 



them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, 
weep not for me, but weep for your- 
selves, and for your children. For, 
behold, the days are coming, in the 
which they shall say, Blessed are 
the barren, and the wombs that nev- 
er bare, and the paps which never 
gave suck. Then shall they begin 
to say to the mountains, Fall on us; 
and to the hills, Cover us. For if 
they do these things in a green tree, 
what shall be done in the dry? 

Rom. 6: 21. What fruit had ye 
then in those things whereof ye are 
now ashamed? for the end of those 
things is death. — 23. For the wages 
of sin is death. 

1 Cor. 6: 9. Know ye not that the 
unrighteous shall not inherit the 
kingdom of God? Be not deceived; 
neither fornicators, nor idolaters, 
nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor 
abusers of themselves with mankind, 
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunk- 
ards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, 
shall inherit the kingdom of God. 

2 Thess. 1 : 6. Seeing it is a right- 
eous thing with God to recompense 
tribulation to them that trouble you; 
and to you who are troubled, rest 
with us, when the Lord Jesus shall 
be revealed from heaven with his 
mighty angels, in flaming fire; ta- 
king vengeance on them that know 
not God, and that obey not the gos- 
pel of our Lord Jesus Christ: w r ho 
shall be punished with everlasting 
destruction from the presence of the 
Lord, and from the glory of his 
power, when he shall come to be 
glorified in his saints, and to be ad* 
mired in all them that believe, (be^ 
cause our testimony among you was 
believed,) in that day. 

1T 2: 8. And then shall that wicked 
be revealed, whom the Lord shall 
consume with the spirit of his mouth, 
and shall destroy with the brightness 
of his coming: even him, whose 
coining is after the work of Satan,, 
with all power and signs and lying 
wonders, and with all decejvable* 
ness of unrighteousness in them 
that perish; because they received 
not the love of the truth, that they 
might be saved. And for this cause 
God shall send them strong delusion, 
that they should believe a lie: that 
they all might be damned who 
believed not the truth, but had pleas- 
ure in unrighteousness. 



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[P. II. 



Jude 5. I will therefore put you 
in remembrance, though ye once 
knew this, how that the Lord, hav- 
ing saved the people out of the land 
ofEgypt, afterward destroyed them 
that believed not: and the angels 
which kept not their first estate, but 
left their own habitation, he hath 
reserved in everlasting chains under 
darkness unto the judgment of the 
great day: even as Sodom and Go- 
morrah, and the cities about them in 
like manner, giving themselves over 
to fornication, and going after strange 



flesh, are set forth for an example* 
suffering the vengeance of eternal 
fire. Likewise also these filthy 
dreamers defile the flesh, despise 
dominion, and speak evil of dig- 
nities. 

1 Peter 4: 17. For the time is 
come that judgment must begin at 
the house of God: and if it first be- 
gin at us, what shall the end be of 
them that obey not the gospel of 
God ? And if the righteous scarcely 
be saved, where shall the ungodly 
and the sinner appear? 



FIFTH GENERAL TOPIC 



SCENES IN THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 



CHAPTER I. 

HIS BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD. 

Luke 1 : 26. And in the sixth 
month the angel Gabriel was sent 
from God unto a city of Galilee, 
named Nazareth, to a virgin es- 
poused to a man whose name was 
Joseph, of the house of David; and 
the virgin's name was Mary. And 
the angel came in unto her, and 
said, Hail! thou that art highly fa- 
vored, the Lord is with thee : blessed 
art thou among women. And when 
she saw him, she was troubled at 
his saying, and cast in her mind 
what manner of salutation this 
should be. And the angel said unto 
her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast 
found favor with God. And behold, 
thou shalt conceive in thy womb, 
and bring forth a son, and shalt call 
his name Jesus. He sfrall be great, 
and shall be called the Son of the 
Highest; and the Lord God shall 
give unto him the throne of his fa- 
ther David. And he shall reign 
over the house of Jacob forever; 



and of his kingdom there shall be no 
end. Then said Mary unto the an- 
gel, How shall this be, seeing I know 
not a man? And the angel answer- 
ed, and said unto her, The Holy 
Ghost shall come upon thee, and the 
power of the Highest shall over- 
shadow thee: therefore also that 
holy thing, which shall be born of 
thee, shall be called the Son of God. 
And behold, thy cousin Elizabeth, 
she hath also conceived a son in her 
old age; and this is the sixth month 
with her who was called barren; for 
with God nothing shall be impossi- 
ble. And Mary said, Behold the 
handmaid of the Lord; be it unto 
me according to thy word. And the 
angel departed from her. 

And Mary arose in those days, 
and went into the hill-country with 
haste, into a city of Juda, and en- 
tered into the house of Zacharias, 
and saluted Elizabeth. — 56. And 
Mary abode with her about three 
months, and returned to her own 
house. 

IF Mat. 1 : 18. Now the birth of 
Jesus Christ was on this wise: 
When as his mother Mary was es- 



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poused to Joseph, before they came 
together, she was found with child 
of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph 
her husband, being a just man, and 
not willing to make her a public ex- 
ample, was minded to put her away 
privily. But while he thought on 
these things, behold, the angel of 
the Lord appeared unto him in a 
dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of 
David, fear not to take unto thee 
Mary thy wife: for that which is 
conceived in her is of the Holy 
Ghost: and she shall bring forth a 
son, and thou shalt call his name 
Jesus: for he shall save his people 
from their sins. (Now all this was 
done, that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken of the Lord by the pro- 
phet, saying, 

Behold, a Virgin shall he with child, 

And shall brins: forth a son, 

And they shall call his name Emmanuel, 

which being interpreted, is God 
with us.) Then Joseph, being 
raised from sleep, did as the angel 
of the Lord had bidden him, and 
took unto him his wife: and knew 
her not till she had brought forth 
her first-born son: and he called his 
name Jesus. 

Luke 2: 1. And it came to pass 
in those days, that there went out a 
decree from Caesar Augustus, that 
all the world should be taxed. (And 
this taxing was first made when Cy- 
renius was governor of Syria.) And 
all went to be taxed, every one into 
his own city. And Joseph also 
went up from Galilee, out of the 
city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto 
the city of David, which is called 
Bethlehem, (because he was of the 
house and lineage of David,) to be 
taxed with Mary his espoused wife, 
being great with child. And so it 
was, that while they were there, the 
days were accomplished that she 
should be delivered. And she brought 
forth her first-born son, and wrap- 
ped him in swaddling-clothes, and 
laid him in a manger; because there 
was no loom for them in the inn. 

IF And there were in the same coun- 
try shepherds abiding in the field, 
keeping watch over their flock by 
night. And lo, the angel of the 
Lord came upon them, and the glory 
of the Lord shone round about them; 
and they were sore afraid. And the 
angel said unto them, Fear not: for 



behold, I bring you good tidings of 
great joy, which shall be to all peo- 
ple. For unto you is born this 
day, in the city of David, a Savior, 
which is Christ the Lord. And this 
shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall 
find the babe wrapped* in swaddling- 
clothes, lying in a manger. And 
suddenly there was with the angel a 
multitude of the heavenly host prais- 
ing God, and saying, 

Glory to God in the highest, 
And on earth peace, good will toward men. 

And it came to pass, as the angels 
were gone away from them into 
heaven, the shepherds said one to 
another, Let us now go even unto 
Bethlehem, and see this thing which 
is come to pass, which the Lord 
hath made known unto us. And 
they came with haste, and found 
Mary and Joseph, and the babe ly- 
ing in a manger. And when they 
had seen it, they made known abroad 
the saying which was told them con- 
cerning this child. And all they that 
heard it, wondered at those things 
which were told them by the shep- 
herds. But. Mary kept all these 
things, and pondered them in her 
heart. And the shepherds returned, 
glorifying and praising God for all 
the things that they had heard and 
seen, as it was told unto them. 

And when eight days were ac- 
complished for the circumcising of 
the child, his name was called Je- 
sus, which was so named of the an- 
gel before he was conceived in the 
womb. 

And when the days of her purifi- 
cation according to the law of Mo- 
ses were accomplished, they brought 
him to Jerusalem, to present him to 
the Lord, (as it is written in the law 
of the Lord, Every male that open- 
eth the womb shall be called holy 
to the Lord;) and to offer a sacri- 
fice according to that which is said 
in the law of the Lord, A pair of 
turtle-doves, or two young pigeons. 

1f Mat. 2: 1. Now when Jesus 
was born in Bethlehem of Judea in 
the days of Herod the king, behold, 
there came wise men from the east 
to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he 
that is born King of the Jews? for 
we have seen his star in the east, 
and are come to worship him. When 
Herod the king had heard these 



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things, he was troubled, and all Je- 
rusalem with him. And when he 
had gathered all the chief priests 
and scribes of the people together, 
he demanded of them where Christ 
should be born. And they said unto 
him; In Bethlehem of Judea: for 
thus it is written by the prophet, 

And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, 
Art not i he least among the princes of Juda: 
For out of thee shall come a Governor, 
That shall rule my people Israel. 

Then Herod, when he had privily 
called the wise men, inquired of 
them diligently what time the star 
appeared. And he sent them to 
Bethlehem, and said, Go, and search 
diligently for the young child; and 
when ye have found him, bring me 
word again, that I may come and 
worship him also. When they had 
heard the king, they departed; and 
lo, the star, which they saw in the 
east, went, before them, till it came 
and stood over where the young 
child was. When they saw the 
star, they rejoiced with exceeding 
great joy. And when they were 
come into the house, they saw the 
young child with Mary his mother, 
and fell down and worshipped him: 
and when they had opened their 
treasures, they presented unto him 
gifts; gold, and frankincense, and 
myrrh. And being warned of God 
in a dream that they should not re- 
turn to Herod, they departed into 
their own country another way. 

And when they were departed, 
behold, the angel of the Lord ap- 
peared to Joseph in a dream, saying, 
Arise, and take the young child and 
his mother, and flee into Egypt, and 
be thou there until I bring thee 
word: for Herod will seek the young 
child to destroy him. When he 
arose, he took the young child and 
his mother by night, and departed 
into Egypt: and was there until the 
death of Herod: that it might be ful- 
filled which was spoken of the Lord 
by the prophet, saying, Out of 
Egypt have I called my Son. 

IT Then Herod, when he saw that 
he was mocked of the_jwise men, 
was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, 
and slew all the children that were 
in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts 
thereof, from two years old and un- 
der, according to the time which he 
had diligently inquired of the wise 



men. Then was fulfilled that which 
was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, 
saying, In Rama was there a voice 
heard, lamentation, and Weeping, 
and great mourning, Rachel weep- 
ing for her children, and would not 
be comforted, because they are not. 
But when Herod was dead, behold, 
an angel of the Lord appeared in a 
dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, 
Arise, and take the young child and 
his mother, and go into the land of 
Israel: for they are dead which 
sought the young child's life. And 
he arose, and took the young child 
and his mother, and came into the 
land of Israel. But when he heard 
that Archelaus did reign in Judea in 
the room of his father Herod, he 
was afraid to go thither: notwith- 
standing, being warned of God in a 
dream, he turned aside into the 
parts of Galilee: and he came and 
dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that 
it might be fulfilled which was 
spoken by the prophets, He shall be 
called a Nazarene. 

Luke 2: 40. And the child grew, 
and waxed strong in spirit, filled 
with wisdom ; and the grrce of 
God was upon him. Now his 
parents went to Jerusalem every 
year at the feast of the passo- 
ver. And when he was twelve 
years old, they went up to Jerusa- 
lem, after the custom of the feast. 
And when they had fulfilled the 
days, as they returned, the child 
Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem ; 
and Joseph and his mother knew 
| not of it. But they, supposing him 
to have been in the company, went 
a day's journey ; and they sought 
him among their kinsfolk and ac- 
quaintance. And when they found 
him not, they turned back again to 
Jerusalem, seeking him. And it 
came to pass, that after three days 
they found him in the temple, sitting 
in the midst of the doctors, both 
hearing them, and asking them ques- 
tions. 

If And all that heard him were 
astonished at his understanding and 
answers. And when they saw 
him, they where amazed : and 
his mother said unto him, Son, 
why hast thou thus dealt with 
us? behold, thy father and I have 
sought thee sorrowing. And he 
said unto them, How is it that 



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ye sought me? wist ye not that I 
must be about my Father's business? 
And they understood not the saying 
which he spake unto them. And he 
went down with them, and came to 
Nazareth, and was subject unto 
them: but his mother kept all these 
sayings in her heart. And Jesus in- 
creased in wisdom and stature, and 
in favor with God and man. 



CHAPTER N. 

HISTORY OF THE CLOSING SCENES 
OF THE LIFE OF CHRIST. 

§ 1. THE SUPPER AT BETHANY. 

John 12 : I. Then Jesus, six 
daj's before the passover, came to 
Bethany where Lazarus was, which 
had been dead, whom he raised from 
the dead. There they made him a 
supper, and Martha served ; but 
Lazarus was one of them that sat at 
the table with him. (^Luke 10: 40. 
Martha was cumbered about much 
serving and came to him and said, 
Lord, dost thou not care that my 
sister hath left me to serve alone? 
Bid her, therefore, that she help me. 
And Jesus answered and said unto 
her, Martha, Martha, thou art care- 
ful and troubled about many things ; 
but one thing is needful, and Mary 
hath chosen that good part, which 
shall not be taken away from her.) 
— 3. Then took Mary a pound of 
ointment of spikenard, very costly, 
and anointed the feet of Jesus and 
wiped them with her hair, and the 
house was filled with the odor of the 
ointment. 

Mark 14: 3. And being in Beth- 
any in the house of Simon the leper, 
as he sat at meat, there came a 
woman, having an alabaster box of 
ointment of spikenard, very pre- 
cious ; and she brake the box, and 
poured it on his head. 

John 12: 4. Then saith one of 
the desciples, Judas Iscariot, Si- 
mon's son, which should betray him, 
why was not this ointment sold for 
three hundred pence and given to 
the poor? This he said, not that he 
cared for the poor, but because he 



was a thief and had the bag and 
bare what was put therein. 

Mark 14: 6. Jesus said, Let her 
alone ; why trouble ye her? she hath 
wrought a good work on me. For 
ye have the poor with you always ■ 
and when ye will ye may do them 
good, but me ye have not always. 
She hath done what she could ; she 
is come aforehand to anoint mv'body 
to the burying; verily I say unto 
you, wheresoever this gospel shall 
be preached, throughout the whole 
world, tins also, that she hath done, 
shall be spoken of, for a memorial 
of her. 



§ 2. HIS PUBLIC ENTRANCE INTO 
JERUSALEM. 

Luke 19: 28. When he had thus 
spoken he went before, ascending 
up to Jerusalem. 

Mat. 21 : 1. And when they 
drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were 
come to Bethphage, unto the mount of 
Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 
saying unto them, Go into the village 
over against you, and straightway, ye 
shall find an ass tied, and a colt with 
her ; loose them and bring them unto 
me. And if any man say ought 
unto you, ye shall say, The Lord 
hath need of them, and siraightway, 
he will send them. 

Luke 1 9 : 32. And they that were 
sent went their way, and found even 
as he had said unto them. And as 
they were loosing the colt, the 
owners thereof said unto them, Why 
loose ye the colt? And they said, 
the Lord hath need of him. And 
they brought him to Jesus ; and 
they cast their garments upon the 
colt, and they set Jesus thereon. 

John 12: 12. And much people 
that were coming to the feast, when 
they heard that Jesus was coming to 
Jerusalem, took branches of palm 
trees, and went forth to meet him. 

Luke 19: 36. And as he went, 
they spread their clothes in the way. 
And when he was come nigh, 
even now at the descent of the 
mount of Olives, the whole multi- 
tude of the disciples began to rejoice, 
and praise God with a loud voice, 
for all the mighty works that they 
had seen ; saying, Blessed is the 
King that cometh in the name of the 



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Lord ; peace in heaven and glory in 
the highest ! 

Mat. 21: 8. And a very great 
multitude spread their garments in 
the way. Others cut down branches 
of the trees and strewed them in the 
way. And the multitude that went 
before and that followed cried, say- 
ing, Hosanna to the Son of David ! 
Blessed be he that cometh in the 
name of the Lord, Hosanna in the 
highest! — 4. All this was done 
that it might be fulfilled which was 
spoken by the prophet, saying, Tell 
ye the daughter of Zion, (Fear not. 
John 12: 15,) behold thy king com- 
eth unto thee, meek and sitting upon 
an ass and a colt the foal of an ass. 
(John 12: 16. These things un- 
derstood not his disciples at the first, 
but when Jesus was glorified, then 
remembered they that these things 
were written of him, and that they 
had done these things unto him. 
The people, therefore, that were 
with him, when he called Lazarus 
out of the grave, and raised him 
from the dead, bare record.) 

Luke 19: 39. And some of the 
Pharisees from among the multitude 
said unto him, Master, rebuke thy 
disciples. And he answered and 
said unto them, I tell you, that if 
these should hold their peace the 
stones w^ould immediately cry out. 

John 12 : 19. The Pharisees 
therefore said among themselves, 
Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? 
Behold, the world is gone after him. 

Luke 19: 41. And when he was 
come near he beheld the city and 
wept over it, saying, If thou hadst 
known, even thou, at least in this 
thy day, the things which belong 
unto thy peace. But now they are 
hid from thine eyes. For the days 
shall come upon thee, that thine en- 
emies shall cast a trench about thee, 
and compass thee round, and keep 
thee in, on every side, and shall lay 
thee even with the ground, and thy 
children within thee ; and they shall 
not leave in thee one stone upon 
another, because thou knewest not 
the time of thy visitation. 

Mat. 21: 10. And when he was 
come into Jerusalem, lill the city 
was moved, saying, Who is this ? 
And the multitude said, This is Je- 
sus of Nazareth, the prophet of Gal- 
ilee. 



§ 3. SCENES IN THE TEMPLE. 

I. Purification of ike Temple. 

Mark 11: 11. And Jesus went 
into the temple of God; and when he 
had looked round about upon all 
things, and now the even tide was 
come, he went out unto Bethany, 
with the twelve. On the morrow 
when they were come from Bethany 
— 15. Jesus went into the temple, 
and began to cast out them that sold 
and bought in the temple, and over- 
threw the tables of the money chang- 
ers ; and the seats of them that sold 
doves, and would not suffer that any 
man should carry any vessel through 
the temple. And he taught, saying 
unto them, Is it not written, My 
house shall be called of all nations, 
the house of prayer ? (Isa. 56: 7.) 
But ye have made it a den of thieves. 

II. Prediction of the Destruction of 
the Temple and the City. 

Mat. 24: 1. And Jesus went out, 
and departed from the temple : and 
his disciples came to him, for to show 
him the buildings of the temple. 
And Jesus said unto them, See ye 
not all these things ? A r erily I say 
unto you, There shall not be left 
here one stone upon another, that 
shall not be thrown down. And as 
he sat upon the mount of Olives, the 
disciples came unto him privately, 
saying. Tell us, when shall these 
things be ? and what shall be the 
sign of thy coming, and of the end 
of the world ? And Jesus answered 
and said unto them, Take heed that 
no man deceive you: for many shall 
come in my name, saying, I am 
Christ ; and shall deceive many. 
And ye shall hear of wars, and ru- 
mors of wars ; see that ye be not 
troubled: for all these things must 
come to pass, but the end is not yet. 
For nation shall rise against nation, 
and kingdom against kingdom : and 
there shall be famines, and pestilen- 
ces, and earthquakes, in divers pla- 
ces. All these are the beginning of 
sorrows. Then shall they deliver 
you up to be afflicted, and shall kill 
you : and ye shall be hated of all 
nations for my name's sake. And 
then shall many be offended, and 
shall betray one another, and shall 



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hate one another. And many false j 
prophets shall rise, and shall deceive [ 
many. And because iniquity shall 
abound, the love of many shall wax 
cold. But he that shall endure unto 
the end, the same shall be saved. 
And this gospel of the kingdom shall 
be preached in all the world, for a 
witness unto all nations : and then 
shall the end come. When ye there- 
fore shall see the abomination of 
desolation, spoken of by Daniel the 
prophet, stand in the holy place, 
(whoso readeth let him understand,) 
then let them which be in Judea flee 
into the mountains: let him which is 
on the house top not come down to 
take any thing out of his house: 
neither let him which is in the field 
return back to take his clothes. 
And woe unto them that are with 
child, and to them that give suck, in 
those days ! But pray ye that your 
flight be not in the winter, neither on 
the sabbath-day: for then shall be 
great tribulation, such as was not 
since the beginning of the world to 
this time, no, nor ever shall be. And 
except those days should be short- 
ened, there should no flesh be saved: 
but for the elect's sake those days 
shall be shortened. Then if any 
man shall say unto you, Lo, here is 
Christ, or there ; believe it not. 
For there shall arise false Christs, 
and false prophets, and shall show 
great signs and wonders ; insomuch, 
that, if it were possible, they shall | 
deceive the very elect. Behold I ; 
have told you before. Wherefore if 
they shall say unto you, Behold, he 
is in the desert ; go not forth: be- 
hold, he is in the secret chambers ; 
believe it not. For as the lightning 
cometh out of the east, and shineth 
even unto the west ; so shall also 
the coming of the Son of man be. 
For wheresoever the carcass is, 
there will the eagles be gathered to- 
gether. 

II. Christ's last public Discourse ; 
Conviction and Condemnation of 
the Scribes and Pharisees. 

Mat. 21 : 33. Hear another par- 
able. There was a certain house- 
holder, which planted a vineyard, 
and hedged it round about, and dig- 
ged a wine-press in it, ami built a 
tower, and let it out to husbandmen, 
and went into a far country: and 

36 



when the time of the fruit drew 
near, he sent his servants to the 
husbandmen, that they might re- 
ceive the fruits of it. And the hus- 
bandmen took his servants, and beat 
one, and killed another, and stoned 
another. Again he sent other ser- 
vants more than the first: and they 
did unto them likewise. But last of 
all, he sent unto them his son, say- 
ing, They will reverence my son. 
But when the husbandmen saw the 
son, they said among themselves, 
This is the heir; come, let us kill 
him, and let us seize on his inheri- 
tance. And they caught him, and 
cast him out of the vineyard, and 
slew him. When the Lord there- 
fore of the vineyard cometh, what 
will he do unto those husbandmen ? 
They say unto him, He will miser- 
ably destroy those wicked men, and 
will let out his vineyard unto other 
husbandmen, which shall render 
him the fruits in their seasons. Je- 
sus saith unto them, Did ye never 
read in the scriptures, The stone 
which the builders rejected, the 
same is become the head of the cor- 
ner: this is the Lord's doing, and it 
is marvellous in our eyes ? There- 
fore say 1 unto you, The kingdom 
of God shall be taken from you, 
and given to a nation bringing forth 
the fruits thereof. And whoso- 
ever shall fall on this stone shall 
be broken ; but on whomsoever it 
shall fall, it will grind him to pow- 
der. 

IF 23: 1. Then spake Jesus to the 
multitude, and to his disciples, say- 
ing, The scribes and the Pharisees 
sit in Moses' seat : all therefore 
whatsoever they bid you observe, 
that observe and do ; but do not ye 
after their works: for they say, and 
do not. For they bind heavy bur- 
dens, and grievous to be borne, and 
lay them on men's shoulders ; but 
they themselves will not move them 
with one of their fingers. But all 
their works they do for to be seen 
of men : they make broad their phy- 
lacteries, and enlarge the borders of 
their garments, and love the upper- 
most rooms at feasts, and the chief 
seats in the synagogues, and greet- 
ings in the markets, and to be called 
of men, Itabbi, Rabbi. But be not 
ye called Rabbi : for one is your 
Master, even Christ ; and all ye are 



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brethren. And call no man your 
father upon the earth: for one is 
your Father, which is in heaven. 
Neither be ye called masters: for 
one is your Master, even Christ. 
But he that is greatest among you 
shall be your servant. And whoso- 
ever shall exalt himself shall be 
abased ; and he that shall humble 
himself shall be exalted. 

If But woe unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye shut 
up the kingdom of heaven against 
men : for ye neither go in your- 
selves, neither suffer ye them that 
are entering to go in. Woe unto 
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 
crites ! for ye devour widows' houses, 
and for a pretence make long 
prayer : therefore ye shall receive 
the greater damnation. Woe unto 
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 
crites ! for ye compass sea and land 
to make one proselyte: and when 
he is made, ye make him two-fold 
more the child of hell than your- 
selves. Woe unto you, ye blind 
guides, which say, Whosoever shall 
swear by the temple, it is nothing ; 
but whosoever shall swear by the 
gold of the temple, he is a debtor ! 
Ye fools, and blind ! for whether is 
greater the gold, or the temple that 
sanctifieth the gold ? And, Who- 
soever shall swear by the altar, it is 
nothing ; but whosoever sweareth 
by the gift that is upon it, he is 
guilty. Ye fools, and blind ! for 
whether is greater, the gift, or the 
altar that sanctifieth the gift ? Who- 
so therefore shall swear by the 
altar, sweareth by it, and by all 
things thereon. And whoso shall 
swear by the temple, sweareth by 
it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 
And he that shall swear by heaven, 
sweareth by the throne of God, and 
by him that sitteth thereon. Woe 
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, 
hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint, 
and anise, and cummin, and have 
omitted the weightier matters of the 
law, judgment, mercy, and faith : 
these ought ye to have done, and 
not to leave the other jindone. Ye 
blind guides, which strain at a gnat, 
and swallow a camel. Woe unto 
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 
crites ! for ye make clean the out- 
side of the cup and of the platter, 
but within they are full of extortion 



and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, 
cleanse first that which is within the 
cup and platter, that the outside of 
them may be clean also. Woe un- 
to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 
crites ! for ye are like unto whited 
sepulchres, which iudeed appear 
beautiful outward, but are within 
full of dead men's bones, and of all 
uncleanness. Even so ye also out- 
wardly appear righteous unto men, 
but within ye are full of hypocrisy 
and iniquity. Woe unto you, scribes 
and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because 
ye build the tombs of the prophets, 
and garnish the sepulchres of the 
righteous, and say, If we had been 
in the days of our fathers, we would 
not have been partakers with them 
in the blood of the prophets. 

Wherefore ye be witnesses unto 
yourselves that ye are the children 
of them which killed the prophets. 
Fill ye up then the measure of your 
fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation 
of vipers, how can ye escape the 
damnation of hell ? Wherefore, be- 
hold, I send unto you prophets, and 
wise men, and scribes ; and some 
of them ye shall kill and cr jcify ; 
and some of them shall ye scourge 
in your synagogues, and persecute 
them from city to city: that upon 
you may come all the righteous 
blood shed upon the earth, from the 
blood of righteous Abel unto the 
blood of Zacharias, son of Bara- 
chias, whom ye slew between the 
temple and the altar. Verily I say 
unto you, All these things shall come 
upon this generation. O Jerusalem, 
Jerusalem, thou that killest the pro- 
phets, and stonest them which are 
sent unto thee, how often would I 
have gathered thy children together, 
even as a hen gathereth her chick- 
ens under her wings, and ye would 
not ! Behold, your house is left 
unto you desolate. For I say unto 
you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, 
till ye shall say, Blessed is he that 
cometh in the name of the Lord. 

III. Conspiracy against Christ. 

Mat. 21 : 45. When the chief 
priests and Pharisees had heard his 
parables, they perceived that he 
spake of them. 

22: 15- Then went the Pharisees 
and took counsel how they might en- 
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day came unto him the Sadducees, 
which say there is no resurrection. 
— 34. When the Pharisees heard 
that he had put the Sadducees to 
silence, they were gathered together. 

26: 3. Then assembled together 
the chief priests and the scribes and 
the elders of the people unto the 
palace of the high priest, who was 
called Caiaphas, and consulted that 
they might take Jesus by subtil ty 
and kill him. 

Luke 22: 2. And the chief priests 
and scribes sought how they might 
kill him, for they feared the people. 
Then entered Satan into Judas, sur- 
named Iscariot, being of the num- 
ber of the twelve. And he went 
his way and communed with the 
chief priests and captains, how he 
might betray him unto them. And 
they were glad, and covenanted to 
give him money ; and he promised 
and sought opportunity to betray 
him unto them in the absence of the 
multitude. 



§ 4. THE LAST PASSOVER. 

Mat. 26: 17. Now, the first day 
of the feast of unleavened bread, 
the disciples came to Jesus, saying 
unto him, Where wilt thou that we 
prepare for thee to eat the pass- 
over ? 

Luke 22: 8. And he sent Peter 
and John saying, Go and prepare 
us the passover that we may eat. 
And they said unto him, Where 
wilt thou that we prepare ? And 
he said unto them, Behold, when 
ye are entered into the city, there 
shall a man meet you bearing a 
pitcher of water : follow him into 
the house where he entereth in. 
And ye shall say unto the good man 
of the house (My time is at hand ; 
I will keep the passover at thy 
house with my disciples, Mat. 1,) 
where is the guest chamber, where 
I shall eat the passover with my 
disciples ? And he shall show you 
a large upper room furnished: there 
make ready. And they went and 
found as he had said unto them, 
and they made ready the passover. 
. — 14. And when the hour was come, 
he sat down and the twelve apostles 
with him. And he said unto them, 
With desire, I have desired to eat 



this passover with you before I suf- 
\ fer. For I say unto you, I will not 
any more eat thereof, until it be ful- 
filled in the kingdom of God. — 24. 
And there was also a strife among 
them, which of them should be ac- 
counted the greatest. And he said 
unto them, The kings of the Gen- 
tiles exercise lordship over them; 
and they that exercise authority up- 
on them are called benefactors. But 
ye shall not be so: but he that is 
greatest among you, let him he as 
I the younger; and he that is chief, as 
l he that doth serve. For whether is 
! greater, he that sitteth at meat, or 
he that serveth? is not he that sitteth 
[ at meat? but I am among you as he 
that serveth. 

IT John 13:4. He riseth from sup- 
per, and laid aside his garments, 
and took a towel, and girded him- 
I self. After that he poureth water 
j into a basin, and began to wash his 
j disciples' feet, and to wipe them 
with the towel wherewith he was 
girded. Then cometh he to Simon 
Peter: and Peter said unto him, 
Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Je- 
sus answered and said unto him, 
j What I do thou knowest not now; 
but thou shalt know hereafter. Pe- 
ter saith unto him, Thou shalt never 
wash my feet. Jesus answered him, 
If I wash thee not, thou hast no 
part with me. Simon Peter saith 
unto him, Lord, not my feet only, 
but also my hands and my head, 
Jesus saith to him, He that is wash- 
ed needeth not, save to wash his 
feet, but is clean every white and ye 
are clean, but not all. For he knew 
who should betray him; therefore 
said he, Ye are not all clean. So, 
j after he had washed their feet, and 
! had taken his garments, and was 
! set down again, he said unto them, 
• Know ye what I have done to 
you? Ye call me Master and Lord: 
| and ye say well; for so I am. If I 
! then, your Lord and Muster, have 
washed your feet, ye ought also to 
' wash one another's feet. For I 
have given you an example, that ye 
should do as I have done to you. 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The 
} servant is not greater than his lord; 
I neither he that is sent greater than 
I he that sent him. If ye know these 
! things, happy are ye if ye do them. 
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I have chosen; but, that the scrip- 
ture may be fulfilled, He that eateth 
bread with me hath lifted up his 
heel against me. Now I tell you 
before it come, that, when it is come 
to pass, ye may believe that I am 
he. — 21. When Jesus had thus 
said, he was troubled in spirit, and 
testified, and said, Verily, verily, I 
say unto you, that one of you shall 
betray me. 

Mat. 26: 22. And they were ex- 
ceeding sorrowful, and began every 
one of them to say unto him, Lord, 
is it I? And he answered and said, 
He that dippeth his hand with me in 
the dish, the same shall betray me. 
The son of man goeth as it is writ- 
ten of him: but woe unto that man 
by whom the Son of man is betray- 
ed ! it had been good for that man if 
he had not been born. 

John 13:22. Then the disciples 
looked one on another, doubting of 
whom he spake. Now there was 
leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his 
disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon 
Peter therefore beckoned to him, 
that he should ask who it should be 
of whom he spake. He then, lying 
on Jesus' breast, saith unto him, 
Lord, who is it? Jesus answered, 
He it is to whom I shall give a sop, 
when I have dipped it. And when 
he had dipped the sop, he gave it to 
Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. 

John 13: 27. And after the sop 
Satan entered into him. Then said 
Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do 
quickly. Now no man at the table 
knew for what intent he spake this 
unto him. For some of iheni thought, 
because Judas had the bag, that Je- 
sus had said unto him, Buy those 
things that we have need of against 
the feast; or, that he should give 
something to the poor. 

Mat. 26:25. Then Judas which 
betrayed him answered, and said, 
Master, is it I? He said unto him, 
Thou hast said. 

John 13: 30. He then, having 
received the sop, went immediately 
out; and it was night. 

(For the Institution qfl the Lord's 
Supper, See Church Ordinances, 
p. 154.) 



§ 5. Christ's last hour with his 
disciples. 

John 13: 31. Therefore when he 
was gone out, Jesus said, Now is 
the Son of man glorified, and God 
is glorified in him. If God be glo- 
rified in him, God shall also glorify 
him in himself, and shall straightway 
glorify him. Little children, yet a 
little while 1 am with you. Ye shall 
seek me: and, as I said unto the 
Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot 
come ; so now I say to you. A new 
commandment 1 give unto you, 
That ye love one another ; as I 
have loved you, that ye also love 
one another. By this shall all men 
know that ye are my disciples, if ye 
have love one to another. Simon 
Peter said unto him, Lord, whither 
goest thou? Jesus answered him, 
Whither I go, thou canst not follow 
me now ; but thou shalt follow me 
afterwards. Peter said unto him, 
Lord, why cannot I follow thee 
now? I will lay down my life for 
thy sake. Jesus answered him, 
Wilt thou lay down thy life for my 
sake? Verily, verily, I say unto 
thee, the cock shall not crow, till 
thou hast denied me thrice. 

14: 1. Let not your heart be 
troubled: ye believe in God, believe 
also in me. In my Father's house 
are many mansions: if it were not 
so, I would have told you. I go to 
prepare a place for you. And if 
I go and prepare a place for you, I 
will come again and receive you 
unto myself; that where I am, there 
ye may be also. And whither I go 
ye know, and the way ye know. 
Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we 
know not whither thou goest; and 
how can we know the way? Jesus 
saith unto him, 1 am the way, and 
the truth, and the life: no man Com- 
eth unto the Father, but my me. If 
ye had known me, you should have 
known my Father also: and from 
henceforth ye know him, and have 
seen him. Philip saith unto him, 
Lord, show us the Father, and it 
sufticeth us. Jesus saith unto him, 
Have 1 been so long time with you, 
and yet hast thou not known me, 
Philip? he that hath seen me, hath 
seen the Father; and how sayest 
thou then, Show us the Father? 
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Father, and the Father in me? the 
words that I speak unto you, I speak 
not of myself: but the Father that 
dvvelleth in me, he doeth the works. 

If Believe me that I am in the Fa- 
ther, and the Father in me: or else 
believe me for the very works' sake. 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He 
that believeth on me, the works that 
I do shall he do also; and greater 
works than these shall he do; be- 
cause I go unto my Father. And 
whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, 
that will I do, that the Father may 
be glorified in the Son. If ye shail 
ask any thing in my name, 1 will do 
it. If ye love me, keep my com- 
mandments. And I will pray 
the Father, and he shall give you 
another Comforter, that he may 
abide with you forever; even the 
Spirit of truth: whom the world 
cannot receive, because it seeth him 
not, neither knoweth him: but ye 
know him; for he dwelleth with you, 
and shall be in you. I will not leave 
you comfortless: I will come to you. 
Yet a little while, and the world 
seeth me no more; but ye see me: 
because I live, ye shall live also. 
At that day ye shall know that I am 
in my Father, and ye in me, and I 
in you. He that hath my command- 
ments, and keepeth them, he it is 
that loveth me: and he that loveth 
me, shall be loved of my Father, 
and I will love him, and will mani- 
fest myself to him. Judas saith un- 
to him, (not Iscariot,) Lord, how is 
it that thou wilt manifest thyself un- 
to us, and not unto the world? Je- 
sus answered and said unto him, If 
a man love me, he will keep my 
words: and my Father will love 
him, and we will come unto him, 
and make our abode with him. He 
that loveth me not, keepeth not my 
sayings: and the word which ye 
hear is not mine, but the Father's 
which sent me. These things have 
I spoken unto you, being yet pres- 
ent, with you. But the Comforter, 
which is the Holy Ghost, whom the 
Father will send in my name, he 
shall teach you all things, and bring 
all things to your remembrance, 
whatsoever I have said unto you. 
Peace I leave with you, my peace 
I give unto you: not as the world 
giveth, give I unto you. Let not 
your heart be troubled, neither let it 



be afraid. Ye have heard how I 
said unto you, I go away, and come 
again unto you. If ye loved me, ye 
woidd rejoice, because I said, I go 
unto the Father: for my Father is 
greater than I. And now I have 
told you before it come to pass, that 
when it is come to pass, ye might 
believe. Hereafter I will not talk 
much with you: for the prince of 
this world cometh, and hath nothing 
in me. But that the world may 
know that I love the Father; and as 
the Father gave me commandment, 
even so I do. Arise, let us go 
hence. 

IT 15: 1. I am the true vine, and 
my Father is the husbandman. Ev- 
ery branch in me that beareth not 
fruit he taketh away ; and every 
branch that beareth fruit he purgeth 
it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 
Now ye are clean through the word 
which I have spoken unto you. 
Abide in me, and I in you. As the 
branch cannot bear fruit of itself, 
except it abide in the vine ; no more 
can ye, except ye abide in me. I 
am the vine, ye are the branches: 
he that abideth in me, and I in him, 
the same bringeth forth much fruit ; 
for without me ye can do nothing. 
If a man abide not in me, he is cast 
forth as a branch, and is withered ; 
and men gather them, and cast them 
into the fire, and they are burned. 
If ye abide in me, and my words 
abide in you, ye shall ask what ye 
will, and it shall be done unto you. 
Herein is my Father glorified, that 
ye bear much fruit ; so shall ye be 
m3 r disciples. As the Father hath 
loved me, so have I loved you : con- 
tinue ye in my love. If ye keep my 
commandments, ye shall abide in my 
love ; even as I have kept my Fa- 
ther's commandments, and abide in 
his love. These things have I spo- 
j ken unto you, that my joy might re- 
j main in you, and that your joy might 
! be full. This is my commandment, 
j That ye love one another, as I have 
loved you. Greater love hath no 
man than this, that a man lay down 
his life for his friends. Ye are my 
friends, if ye do whatsoever I com- 
mand you. Henceforth I call you 
not servants ; for the servant know- 
eth not what his lord doeth: but I 
have called you friends ; for all 
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ther I have made known unto you. 
Ye have not chosen me, but I have 
chosen you, and ordained you, that 
ye should go and bring forth fruit, 
and that your fruit should remain ; 
that whatsoever ye shall ask of the 
Father in my name, he may give it 
you. 

IT These things I command you, 
That ye love one another. If the 
world hate you, ye know that it hat- 
ed me before it hated you. If ye 
were of the world, the world would 
love his own : but because ye are not 
of the world, but I have chosen you 
out of the world, therefore the world 
hateth you. Remember the word 
that I said unto you, The servant is 
not greater than his lord. If they 
have persecuted me, they will also 
persecute you ; if they have kept my 
saying, they will keep yours also. 
But all these things will they do un- 
to you for my name's sake, because 
they know not him that sent me. If 
I had not come and spoken unto them, 
they had not had sin: but now they 
have no cloak for their sin. He that 
hateth me, hateth my Father also. 
If I had not done among them the 
works which none other man did, 
they had not had sin: but now have 
they both seen and hated both me 
and my Father. But this cometh to 
pass, that the word might be fulfilled 
that is written in their law, They 
hated me without a cause. But 
when the Comforter is come, whom 
I will send unto you from the Fa- 
ther-, even the Spirit of truth, which 
proceedeth from the Father, he shall 
testify of me ; and ye also shall bear 
witness, because ye have been with 
me from the beginning. 

16: 1. These things have I spo- 
ken unto you, that ye should not be 
offended. They shall put you out 
of the synagogues : yea, the time 
cometh, that whosoever killeth you, 
will think that he doeth God service. 
And these things will they do unto 
you, because they have not known 
the Father, nor me. But these things 
have I told you, that, when the time 
shall come, ye may remember that 1 
told you of them. And these things 
I said unto you at the beginning, be- 
cause I was with you. But now I 
go my way to him that sent me ; and 
none of you asketh me, Whither 
goest thou ? But because I have 



said these things unto you, sorrow 
hath filled your heart. Nevertheless 
I tell you the truth ; it is expedient 
for you that I go away; for if I go 
not away, the Comforter will not 
come unto you ; but if I depart, I 
will send him unto you. And when 
he is come, he will reprove the world 
of sin, and of righteousness, and of 
judgment; of sin, because they be- 
lieve not on me ; of righteousness, 
because I go to my Father, and ye 
see me no more; of judgment, be- 
cause the prince of this world is 
judged. 

IF 16: 12. I have yet many things 
to say unto you, but ye cannot bear 
them now. Howbeit when he, the 
Spirit of truth, is come, he will 
guide you into all truth: for he shall 
not speak of himself ; but whatsoever 
he shall hear, that shall he speak: 
and he will show you things to come. 
He shall glorify me ; for he shall re- 
ceive of mine, and shall show it un- 
to you. All things that the Father 
hath are mine, therefore, said I, that 
he shall take of mine, and shall show 
it unto you. A little while, and ye 
shall not see me: and again a little 
while, and ye shall see ine ; because 
I go to the Father. Then said some 
of his disciples among themselves, 
What is this that he saith unto us, A 
little while, and ye shall not see me: 
and again a little while, and ye shall 
see me : and, Because I go to the Fa- 
ther ? They said therefore, What 
is this that he saith, A little while ? 
we cannot tell what he saith. Now 
Jesus knew that they were desirous 
to ask him, and said unto them, Do 
ye inquire among yourselves of that 
I said, A little while, and ye shall 
not see me: and again a little while, 
and ye shall see me ? Verily, veri- 
ly, I say unto you, That ye shall 
weep and lament, but the world 
shall rejoice : and ye shall be sor- 
rowful, but your sorrow shall be 
turned into joy. A woman when 
she is in travail hath sorrow, because 
her hour is come: but as soon as she 
is delivered of the child, she remem- 
bereth no more the anguish, for joy 
that a man is born into the world. 
And ye now therefore have sorrow ; 
but I will see you again, and your 
heart shall rejoice, and your joy no 
man taketh from you. And in that 
day ye shall ask me nothing. Veri- 



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ly, verily, I say unto you, Whatso- 
ever ye shall ask the Father in my 
name, he will give it you. Hitherto 
have ye asked nothing in my name: 
ask, and ye shall receive, that your 
joy may be full. These things have 
I spoken unto you in proverbs: but 
the time cometh, when I shall no 
more speak unto you in proverbs, but 
I shall show you plainly of the Father. 
At that day ye shall ask in my name: 
and I say not unto you, that I will 
pray the Father for you ; for the 
Father himself loveth you, because 
ye have loved me, and have believed 
that 1 came out from God. 

16: 28. I came forth from the 
Father, and am come into the world : 
again, I leave the world, and go to 
the Father. His disciples said unto 
him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, 
and speakest no proverb. Now 
are we sure that thou knowest all 
things, and needest not that any man 
should ask thee: by this we believe 
that thou earnest forth from God. 
Jesus answered them, Do ye now 
believe ? Behold, the hour cometh, 
yea, is now come, that ye shall be 
scattered, every man to his own, and 
shall leave me alone: and yet 1 am 
not alone, because the Father is with 
me. These things I have spoken 
unto you, that in me ye might have 
peace. In the world ye shall have 
tribulation ; but be of good cheer ; 
I have overcome the world. 



§ 6. Christ's agony in geth- 

SEMANE. 

Mat. 26: 30. And when they had 
sung a hymn, they went out into the 
mount of Olives. Then saith Jesus 
unto them, All ye shall be offended 
fjecause of me this night: for it is 
written, I will smite the Shepherd, 
and the sheep of the flock shall be 
scattered abroad. But after I am 
risen again, I will go before you in- 
to Galilee. Peter answered and 
said unto him, Though all men shall 
be offended because of thee, yet will 
I never be offended. Jesus said un- 
to him, Verily I say unto thee, That 
this night, before the cock crow, 
thou shalt deny me thrice. Peter 
said unto him, Though I should die 
with thee, yet will I not deny thee. 



Likewise also said all the disciples. 
Then cometh Jesus with them unto 
a place called Gethsemane, and 
saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, 
while I go and pray yonder. And 
he took with him Peter, and the two 
sons of Zebedee, and began to be 
sorrowful and very heavy. Then 
saith he unto them, My soul is ex- 
ceeding sorrowful, even unto death: 
tarry ye here, and watch with me. 
And he went a little farther, and fell 
on his face, and prayed, saying, O 
my Father, if it be possible, let this 
cup pass from me: nevertheless, not 
as I will, but as thou wilt. And he 
cometh unto the disciples, and find- 
eth them asleep, and saith unto Pe- 
ter, What! could ye not watch with 
me one hour? Watch and pray, 
that ye enter not into temptation: 
the spirit indeed is willing, but the 
flesh is weak. He went again the 
second time, and prayed, saying, O 
my Father, if this cup may not pass 
away from me, except I drink it, thy 
will be done. And he came and 
found them asleep again: for their 
eyes were heavy. Aiid he left them, 
and went away again, and prayed 
the third time, saying the same 
words. 

Luke 22: 43. And there appeared 
an angel unto him from heaven, 
strengthening him. And being in 
an agony, he prayed more earnestly : 
and his sweat was as it were great 
drops of blood falling down to 
the ground. And when he rose up 
from prayer, and was come to his 
disciples, he found them sleeping 
for sorrow, and said unto them, 
Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest 
ye enter into temptation. 

Mark 14: 41. And he saith unto 
them. Sleep on now, and take your 
rest: it is enough, the hour is come; 
behold, the Son of man is betrayed 
into the hands of sinners. Rise up, 
let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me 
is at hand. 



§ 7. BETRAYAL AND ARREST OF 
CHRIST. 

John 18: 3. Judas then, having 
received a band of men and officers 
from the chief priests and Pharisees, 
cometh thither with lanterns, and 
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fore, knowing all things that should 
come upon him, went forth, and 
said unto them, Whom seek ye. ? 
They answered him, Jesus of Naz- 
areth. Jesus saith unto rhem, I am 
he. And Judas also, which betrayed 
bim, stood with them. As soon then 
as he had said unto them, I am he, 
they went backward, and fell to the 
ground. Then asked he them again, 
Whom seek ye? And they said, 
Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus answer- 
ed, I have told you that I am he. If 
therefore ye seek me, let these go 
their way: (that the saying might he 
fulfilled which he spake, Of them 
which thou gavest me, have I lost 
none.) Then Simon Peter, having 
a sword, drew it, and smote the 
high priest's servant, and cut off his 
right ear. The servant's name was 
Malchus. Then said Jesus unto 
Peter, Put up thy sword into the 
sheath: the cup which my Father 
hath given me, shall I not drink it? 

Mat. 26:52. All they that take 
the sword, shall perish with the 
sword. Thinkest thou that I can- 
not now pray to my Father, and he 
shall presently give me more than 
twelve legions of angels? But how 
then shall the Scripture be fulfilled, 
that thus it must be? 



§ 8. HIS TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION. 

I. Before the Sanhedrim. 

John 18: 12. Then the band, and 
the captain, and officers of the Jews 
took Jesus and bound him, and led 
him away to Annas first, (for he was 
father-in-law to Caiaphas, which 
was the high priest that same year.) 
Now Caiaphas was he which gave 
counsel to the Jews, that it was ex- 
pedient that one man should die for 
the people. — 19. The high priest 
then asked Jesus of his disciples, 
and of his doctrine. Jesus answered 
him, I spake openly to the world; I 
ever taught in the synagogue, and 
in the temple, whither the Jews al- 
ways resort; and in secret have f 
said nothing. Why askest thou me ? 
Ask them which heard me, what I 
have said unto them: behold, they 
know what I said. And when he 
had thus spoken, one of the officers 
which stood by, struck Jesus with 



the palm of his hand, saying, An- 
swerest thou the high priest so? 
Jesus answered him, If I have spo- 
ken evil, bear witness of the evil: 
but if well, why smitest thou me ? 
(Now Annas had sent him bound un- 
to Caiaphas the high priest.) 

Mat. 26 : 59. Now the chief 
priests and elders, and all the coun- 
cil sought false witness against Je- 
sus, to put him to death ; but found 
none: yea, though many false wit- 
nesses came, yet found they none. 
At the last came two false witnesses, 
and said, This fellow said, 1 am 
able to destroy the temple of God, 
and to build it in three days. And 
the high priest arose, and said unto 
him, Answerest thou nothing ? what 
is it which these witness against 
thee ? But Jesus held his peace. 
And the high priest answered and 
said unto him, I adjure thee by the 
living God, that thou tell us whether 
thou be the Christ, the Son of God. 
Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said : 
nevertheless I say unto you, Hereaf- 
ter shall ye see the Son of man sit- 
ting on the right hand of power, and 
coming in the clouds of heaven. 
Then the high priest rent his clothes, 
saying, He hath spoken blasphemy ; 
what further need have we of wit- 
nesses ? behold, now ye have heard 
his blasphemy. W T hat think ye ? 
They answered and said, He is guil- 
ty of death. 

Mark 14: 56. For many bare 
false witness against him, but their 
witness agreed not together. And 
there arose certain, and bare false 
witness against him, saying, We 
heard him say, I will destroy this 
temple that is made with hands, and 
within three days I will build anoth- 
er made without hands. But neither 
so did their witness agree together. 

IT. Before the Roman Governor. 

John 18: 28. Then led they Je- 
sus from Caiaphas unto the hall of 
judgment: and it was early ; and 
they themselves went not into the 
judgment hall, lest they should be 
defiled ; but that they might eat the 
passover. Pilate then went out unto 
them, and said, What accusation 
bring ye against this man ? They 
answered and said unto him, If he 
were not a malefactor, we would not 
have delivered him up unto thee. 



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EXECUTION OF CHRIST. 



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Then said Pilate unto them, Take 
ye him, and judge him according- to 
your law. The Jews therefore said 
unto him, It is not lawful for us to 
put any man to death: that the say- 
ing of Jesus might be fulfilled, which 
he spake, signifying what death he 
shoulddie. ( Luke 23: 5-1 1.) Then 
Pilate entered into the judgment-hall 
again, and called Jesus, and said un- 
to him, Art thou the King of the 
Jews ? Jesus answered him, Sayest 
thou this thing of thyself, or did oth- 
ers tell it thee of me ? Pilate an- 
swered, Am I a Jew ? Thine own 
nation, and the chief priests, have 
delivered thee unto me. What hast 
thou done ? Jesus answered, My 
kingdom is not of this world: if my 
kingdom were of this world, then 
would my servants fight, that I should 
not be delivered to the Jews : but 
now is my kingdom not from hence. 
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art 
thou a king then ? Jesus answered, 
Thou sayest that I am a king. To 
this end w r as I born, and for this 
cause came I into the world, that I 
should bear witness unto the truth. 
Every one that is of the truth, hear- 
eth my voice. Pilate saith unto him, 
What is truth ? And when he had 
said this, he went out again unto the 
Jews, and saith unto them, I find in 
him no fault at all. But ye have a 
custom that I should release unto you 
one at the passover: will ye, there- 
fore, that I release unto you the King 
of the Jews ? Then cried they all 
again, saying, Not this man but Ba- 
rabbas. Now Barabbas was a rob- 
ber. 

IT 19: 1. Then Pilate therefore took 
Jesus, and scourged him. And the 
soldiers platted a crown of thorns, | 
and put it on his head, and they put 
on him a purple robe, and said, Hail, 
King of the Jews ! and they smote 
him with their hands. Pilate there- 
fore went forth again, and saith unto 
them, Behold, I bring him forth to 
you, that ye may know that I find no 
fault in him. (Then came Jesus 
forth, wearing the crown of thorns, 
and the purple robe.) And Pilate 
saith unto them, Behold the man i 
When the chief priests therefore and 
officers saw him, they cried out, say- 
ing, Crucify him ! crucify him ! Pi- 
late saith unto them, Take ye him, 
and crucify him : for I find no fault 
31 



in him. The Jews snswered him, 
We have a Itaw, and by our law he 
ought to die, because he made him- 
self the Son of God. When Pilate 
therefore heard that saying, he was 
the more afraid ; and wenragain in- 
to the judgment-hall, and saith unto 
Jesus, Whence art thou ? But Je- 
sus gave him no answer. Then saith 
Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not 
unto me ? knowest thou not, that I 
have power to crucify thee, and have 
power to release thee ? Jesus an- 
swered, Thou couldst have no power 
! at all against me, except it were giv- 
; en thee from above : therefore he that 
| delivered me unto thee hath the 
' greater sin, (Mat. 27: 19. When 
he was set down on the judgment- 
; seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, 
Have thou nothing to do with that 
just man: for I have suffered many 
things this day in a dream because 
of him.) And from thenceforth Pi- 
! late sought to release him: but the 
| Jews cried out, saying, If thou let 
J this man go, thou art not Cesar's 
friend. VVhosoever maketh himself 
a king, speaketh against Cesar. 
j When Pilate therefore heard that 
I saying, he brought Jesus forth, and 
sat down in the judgment-seat, in a 
place that is called the Pavement, 
but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And 
it was the preparation of the pass- 
over, and about the sixth hour: and 
| he saith unto the Jews, Behold your 
King i But they cried out, Away 
with him i away with him J crucify 
him ! Pilate saith unto them, 
Shall I crucify your King! The chief 
priests answered, We have no king 
i but Cesar. (Mat, 27: 24. When 
i Pilate saw that he could prevail noth- 
ing, but that rather a tumult was 
; made, he took water, and washed his 
; hands before the multitude, saying, I 
am innocent of the blood of this just 
person : see ye to it. Then an- 
swered all the people, and said, His 
blood be on us and on our children.) 
Then delivered he him therefore un- 
to them to be crucified. And they 
: took Jesus, and led him awav. 



§ 9- 



HIS EXECUTION. 



Mat. 27: 27. Then the soldiers 
of the Governor, took Jesus into the 



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II. 



common hall, and gathered unto him 
the whole band of soldiers. And 
they stripped him and put on him a 
scarlet robe: and when they had 
platted a crown of thorns, they put it 
upon his head ; and a reed in his right 
hand ; and they bowed the knee be- 
fore him, and mocked him, saying, 
Hail, King of the Jews ! And they 
spit upon him, and took the reed, 
and smote him on the head. And 
after that they had mocked him, they 
took the robe off from him, and put 
his own raiment on him, and led him 
away to crucify him. 

John 19: 17. And he bearing his 
cross, went forth. 

Luke 23 : 26. And as they led 
him away, they laid hold upon one 
Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the 
country, and on him they laid the 
cross, that he might bear it after Je- 
sus. And there followed him a great 
company of people, and of women, 
which also bewailed and lamented 
him. But Jesus turning unto them, 
said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep 
not for me, but weep for yourselves, 
and for your children. For behold, 
the days are coming, in the which 
they shall say, Blessed are the bar- 
ren, and the wombs that never bare, 
and the paps which never gave suck. 
Then shall they begin to say to the 
mountains, Fall on us ; and to the. 
hills, Cover us. For if they do these 
things in a green tree, what shall be 
done in the dry? And there were 
also two others, malefactors, led with 
him to be put to death. And when 
they were come to the place which 
is called Calvary, there they cruci- 
fied him, and the malefactors; one on 
the right hand, and the other on the 
left. Then said Jesus, Father, for- 
give them: for they know not what 
they do. And they parted his rai- 
ment, and cast lots. 

Mat. 27: 33. And when they 
were come unto a place called Gol- 
gotha, (that is to say, A place of a 
skull,) they gave him vinegar to 
drink, mingled with gall: and when 
he had tasted thereof, he would not 
drink. And they crucified him, and 
parted his garments, casting lots, 
that it might be fulfilled which was 
spoken by the prophet: 

They parted my garments among them, 
And upon my vesture did they cast Jots. 

And sitting down, they watched him 



there : and set up over his head his 
accusation written, this is jesus, the 

KING OF THE JEWS. 

John 19: 20. This title then read 
many of the Jews: for the place 
where Jesus was crucified was nigh 
to the city: and it was written in 
Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. 
Then said the chief priests of the 
Jews to Pilate, Write not, The 
King of the Jews ; but that he said, 
I am King of the Jews. Pilate 
answered, What I have written, I 
have written. 



§ 10. SIX HOURS UPON THE CROSS. 

I. Conduct of his Enemies. 

Mat. 27 : 89. And they that 
passed by reviled him, wagging their 
heads, and saying, Thou that de- 
stroyest the temple, and buildest it 
in three daj^s, save thyself. If thou 
be the Son of God, come down from 
the cross. Likewise also the chief 
priests mocking him, with the scribes 
and elders, said, He saved others ; 
himself he cannot save. If he be the 
King of Israel, let him now come 
down from the cross, and we will 
believe him. He trusted in God ; 
let him deliver him now, if he will 
have him ! for he said, I am the Son 
of God. The thieves also which 
were crucified with him, cast the 
same in his teeth. 

Luke 23: 36. And the soldiers 
also mocked him, . . . offering him 
vinegar, and saying, If thou be the 
King of the Jews, save thyself. 

John 19: 31. The Jews there- 
fore, because it was the preparation, 
that the bodies should not remain 
upon the cross on the sabbath-day, 
(for that sabbath-day was a high 
day,) besought Pilate that their legs 
might be broken, and that they might 
be taken away. Then came the sol- 
diers, and brake the legs of the first, 
and of the other which was crucified 
with him. But when they came to 
Jesus, and saw that he was dead al- 
ready, they brake not his legs: but 
one of the soldiers with a spear 
pierced his side, and forthwith came 
thereout blood and water. 



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THE BURIAL. 



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II. Of the Sufferer. 

John 19: 25. Now there stood 
by the cross of Jesus his mother, 



bath-day, (for that sabbath-day was 
a high day,) besought Pilate that their 
legs might he broken, and that they 
might he taken away. Then came 
the soldiers, and brake the legs of 



and his mother's sister, Mary the J the first, and of the other which was 
wife of Cleophas, and Mary Mag- 
dalene. When Jesus therefore saw 
his mother, and the disciple stand- 
ing by, whom he loved, he saith 
unto his mother, Woman, behold 
thy son ! Then saith he to the dis- 
ciple, Behold thy mother ! And 
from that hour that disciple took her 
unto his own home. 

Luke 23 : 39. And one of the 
malefactors, which were hanged, 
railed on him, saying, If thou be 
Christ, save thyself and us. But the 
other answering, rebuked him, say- 
ing, Dost not thou fear God, seeing 
thou art in the same condemnation ? 
And we indeed justly ; for we re- 
ceive the due reward of our deeds: 
but this man hath done nothing amiss. 
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, re- 
member me when thou comest into 



crucified with him. But when they 
came to Jesus, and saw that he was 
dead already, they brake not his 
legs: but one of the soldiers with a 
spear pierced his side, and forthwith 
came thereout blood and water. 

III. The Sympathy of Nature. 

Luke 23: 44. And it was about 
the sixth hour, and there was dark- 
ness over all the earth until the ninth 
hour. And the sun was darkened, 
and the vail of the temple was rent 
in the midst. And when Jesus had 
cried with a loud voice, he said, Fa- 
ther, into thy hands I commend my 
spirit: and having said thus, he gave 
up the ghost. Now, when the cen- 
turion saw what was done, he glo- 
rified God, saying, Certainly this 



thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto -was a righteous man. And all the 



him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day 
shalt thou be with me in paradise. 
John 19: 28. After this, Jesus 
knowing that all things were now 
accomplished, that the scripture 
might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. 



people that came together to that 
sight, beholding the things which 
were done, smote their breasts, and 
returned. 

Mat. 27: 51. And behold, the vail 
of the temple was rent in twain 



Now there was set a vessel full of | from the top to the bottom: and the 



vinegar: and they filled a spunge 
with vinegar, and put it upon hys- 
sop, and put it to his mouth. 

Mat. 27: 46. And about the ninth 
hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, 
saying, 

Eli ! Eli ! lama sabacthani ! 

(that is to say, My God ! my God ! 
why hast thou forsaken me?) Some 
of them that stood there, when they 
heard that, said, This man calleth • 
for Elias. And straightway one of 
them ran, and took a sponge, and j 
filled it with vinegar, and put it on 
a reed, and gave him to drink. The 
rest said, Let be, let us see whether 
Elias will come to save him. 

John 19: 30. When Jesus there- 
fore had received the vinegar, he 
said, It is finished. [Luke 23: 46. 
Father, into thy hands I commend 
my spirit; and having said thus, he 
gave up the ghost.] The Jews 
therefore, because it was the prepa- 
ration, that the bodies should not 
remain upon the cross on the sab- 



earth did quake, and the rocks rent', 
and the graves were opened, and 
many bodies of the saints which 
slept arose, and came out of the 
graves after his resurrection, and 
went into the holy city, and appear- 
ed unto many. Now, when the 
centurion, and they that were with 
him, watching Jesus, saw the earth- 
quake, and those things that were 
done, they feared greatly, saying, 
Truly this was the Son of God! 
And many women were there, be- 
holding afar off, which followed Je- 
sus from Galilee, ministering unto 
him: among which was Mary Mag- 
dalene, and Mary the mother of 
James and Joses, and the mother of 
Zebedee's children. 



§ 11. the burial. 

Luke 23: 50. And behold, there 
was a man named Joseph (a disci- 
ple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of 



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[P. II. 



the Jews, John — a rich man, Mat.) 
a counsellor: and he was a good 
man, and a just; (the same had 
not consented to the counsel and 
deed of them:) he was of Arima- 
thea, a city of the Jews; who also 
himself waited for the kingdom of 
God. This man went unto Pilate, 
and begged the body of Jesus. And 
he took it down, and wrapped it in 
linen, and laid it in a sepulcher that 
was hewn in stone, wherein never 
man before was laid. And that day 
was the preparation, and the sab- 
bath drew on. 

John 19: 39. And there came al- 
so Nicodemus, (which at the first 
came to Jesus by night,) and brought 
a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about 
an hundred pound weight. Then 
took they the body of Jesus, and 
wound it in linen clothes, with the 
spices, as the manner of the Jews is 
to bury. 

Mat. 27: 60. And laid it in his 
own new tomb, which he had hewn 
out in the rock; and he rolled a great 
stone to the door of the sepulcher, 
and departed. And there was Mary 
Magdalene, and the other Mary, 
sitting over against the sepulcher. 
Now the next day that followed the 
day of the preparation, the chief 
priests and Pharisees came together 
unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we remem- 
ber that that deceiver said, while he 
was yet alive, After three days I will 
rise again. Command therefore 
that the sepulcher be made sure un- 
til the third day, lest his disciples 
come by night, and steal him away, 
and say unto the people, He is risen 
from the dead: so the last error shall 
be worse than the first. Pilate said 
unto them, Ye have a watch: go 
your way, make it as sure as ye can. 
So they went and made the sepul- 
cher sure, sealing the stone, and set- 
ting a watch. 

Luke 23: 55. And the women al- 
so, which came with him from Gali- 
lee, followed after, and beheld the 
sepulcher, and how his body was 
laid ; and they returned and pre- 
pared spices and ointments, and 
rested the sabbath-day according to 
the commandment. — ? 



§ 12. THE RESURRECTION. ' 

Mat. 28: 1. In the end of the sab- 
bath, as it began to dawn toward 
the first day of the week, came Mary 
Magdalene and the other Mary (the 
mother of James and Salome, who 
had bought sweet spices, that they 
might come and anoint him, Mark 
16: 1) to the sepulcher. [And they 
said among themselves. Who shall 
roll us away the stone from the door 
of the sepulcher? for it' was very 
great. M auk 16: 2.] 

And behold, there was a great 
earthquake; for the angel of the 
Lord descended from heaven, and 
came and rolled back the stone from 
the door, and sat upon it. His 
countenance was like lightning, and 
his raiment white as snow. And for 
fear of him the keepers did shake, 
and became as dead men. 

[And when they looked, they saw 
that the stone was rolled away. 
Mark 16: 4.] 

[And they entered in and found 
not the body of the Lord Jesus. 
Luke 24: 3.] 

[Then she (Mary Magdalene) run- 
neth and cometh to Simon Peter, 
and to the other disciple whom Je- 
sus loved, and saith unto them, 
They have taken away the Lord out 
of the sepulcher, and we know not 
where they have laid him. John 
20: 2.] 

[And it came to pass, as they 
(Mary the mother of Joses, and 
Salome,) were much perplexed 
thereabout, behold, two men stood 
by them in shining garments. 
And as they were afraid, and 
bowed down their faces to the 
earth, they said unto them, (Ye seek 
Jesus which was crucified, Mat.); 
why seek ye the living among the 
dead? He is not here, but is risen. 
Remember how he spake unto you 
when he was yet in Galilee, saying, 
The Son of man must be delivered 
into the hands of sinful men, and be 
crucified, and the third day rise 
again. Luke 24: 4.] 

[And entering into the sepulcher, 
they saw a young man sitting on the 
right side, clothed in a long white 
garment ; and they were affrighted. 
And he saith unto them, Be not af- 
frighted: ye seek Jesus of Nazareth 
which was crucified: he is risen; he 



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THE RISEN SAVIOR. 



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is not here; behold the place where 
they laid him. But go your way, 
tell his disciples and Peter, that he 
goeth before you into Galilee, there 
shall ye see him as he said unto you. 
And they went out quickly, and fled 
from the sepulcher; for they trem- 
bled, and were amazed; neither said 
they any thing to any man, for they 
were afraid. Mark 16:5.] 

[And they remembered his words, 
and returned from the sepulcher, 
and told all these things unto the 
eleven, and to all the rest. It was 
Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and 
Mary the mother of James, and 
other women that were with them, 
which told these things unto the 
apostles. And their words seemed 
unto them as idle tales, and they 
believed them not. Luke 24: 8.] 

[Peter therefore went forth, and 
that other disciple, and came to the 
sepulcher. So they ran both togeth- 
er: and the other disciple did out- 
run Peter, and came first to the 
sepulcher. And he stooping down, 
and looking in, saw the linen clothes 
lying: yet went he not in. Then 
coineth Simon Peter following him, 
and went into the sepulcher, and 
seeth the linen clothes lie; and the 
napkin, that was about his head, not 
lying with the linen clothes, but 
wrapped together in a place by it- 
self. Then went in also that other 
disciple which came first to the se- 
pulcher, and he saw, and believed. 
For as yet they knew not the Scrip- 
ture, that he must rise again from 
the dead. Then the disciples went 
away again unto their own home. 
John 20: 3.] 

Mat. 28: 11. Now, when they 
were going, behold, some of the 
watch came into the city, and show- 
ed unto the chief priests all the 
things that were done. And when 
they were assembled with the elders, 
and had taken counsel, they gave 
large money unto the soldiers, say- 
ing, Say ye, his disciples came by 
night, and stole him away while we 
slept. Arid if this come to the gov- 
ernor's ears, we will persuade him, 
and secure you. So they took the 
money, and did as they were taught: 
and this saying is commonly report- 
ed among the Jews until this day. 



§ 13. THE RISEN SAVIOR. 

Mark 16: 9. Now when Jesus 
was risen early, the first day of the 
week he appeared first to Mary 
Magdalene, out of whom he had 
cast seven devils. 

John 20: 11. But Mary stood 
without at the sepulcher weeping: 
and, as she wept, she stooped down, 
and looked into the sepulcher, and 
seeth two angels in white, sitting, 
the one at the head, and the other 
at the feet, where the body of Jesus 
had lain. And they say unto her, 
Woman, why weepest thou? She 
saith unto them, Because they have 
taken away my Lord, and I know 
not where they have laid him. And 
when she had thus said, she turned 
herself back, and saw Jesus stand- 
ing, and knew not that it was Jesus. 
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why 
weepest thou r whom seekest thou ? 
She, supposing him to be the gar- 
dener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou 
have borne him hence, tell me where 
thou hast laid him, and I will take 
him away. Jesus saith unto her, 
Mary. She turned herself, and 
saith unto him, Kabboni ; which is 
to say, Master. Jesus saith unto 
her, Touch me not; for I am not yet 
ascended to my Father: but go to 
my brethren, and say unto them, I 
ascend unto my Father, and your 
Father ; and to my God, and your 
God. Mary Magdalene came and 
told the disciples that she had seen 
the Lord, and that he had spoken 
these things unto her. 

Mat. 28: 9. And as they went to 
tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met 
them, saying, All hail! And they 
came and held him by the feet, and 
worshipped him. 

John 20: 19. Then the same day 
at evening, being the first day of the 
week, when the doors were shut, 
where the disciples were assembled 
for fear of the Jews, came Jesus, 
and stood in the midst, and saith 
unto them, Peace be unto you. And 
when he had so said, he showed 
unto them his hands and his side. 
Then were the disciples glad when 
they saw the Lord. Then said Je- 
sus to them again, Peace be unto 
you: as my Father hath sent me, 
even so send I you. And when he 
had said this, he breathed on them, 



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and saith unto them, Receive ye 
the Holy Ghost. Whose soever 
sins ye remit, they are remitted unto 
them ; and whose soever sins ye 
retain, they are retained. 



IT But Thomas, one of the twelve, 
called Didymus, was not with them 
when Jesus came. The other dis- 
ciples therefore said unto him, We 
have seen the Lord. But he said 
unto them, Except 1 shall see in his 
hands the print of the nails, and 
put my finger into the print of the 
nails, and thrust my hand into his 
side, I will not helieve. And after 
eight days again his disci pies were 
within, and Thomas with them. 
Then came Jesus, the doors being 
shut, and stood in the midst, and 
said, Peace be unto you. Then 
saith he to Thomas, Reach hither 
thy finger, and behold my hands ; 
and reach hither thy hand, and 
thrust it into my side ; and be not 
faithless, but believing. And Thom- 
as answered and said unto him, My 
Lord and my God. Jesus saith 
unto him, Thomas, because thou 
hast seen me, thou hast believed: 
blessed are they that have not seen, 
and yet have believed. 

Mat. 28: 16. Then the eleven 
disciples went away into Galilee, 
into a mountain where Jesus had 
appointed them. And when they 
saw him, they worshiped him: but 
some doubted. And Jesus came, 
and spake unto them, saying, All 
power is given unto me in heaven 
and in earth. Go ye therefore, and 
teach all nations, baptizing them in 
the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost ; teach- 
ing them to observe all things what- 
soever I have commanded you: and 
lo, I am with you always, even unto 
the end of the world. Amen. 

John 21: 1. After these things 
Jesus showed himself again to the 
disciples at the sea of Tiberias: and 
on this wise showed he himself. 
There were together Simon Peter, 
and Thomas called Didymus, and 
Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and 
the sons of Zebedee, and two other 
of his disciples. Simon Peter saith 
unto them, I go a fishing. They 
say unto him, We also go with thee. 
They went forth, and entered into 
a ship immediately ; and that night 
they caught nothing. But when 



the morning was now come, Jesus 
stood on the shore: but the disci- 
ples know not that it was Jesus. 



II Then Jesus saith unto 
Children, have ye any meat! 



them, 
They 
answered him, No. And he said 
unto them, Cast the net on the right 
side of the ship, and ye shall find. 
They cast therefore, and now they 
were not able to draw it for the 
multitude of fi-hes. Therefore that 
disciple whom Jesus loved snith 
unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now 
when Simon Peter heard that it was 
the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat 
unto him, (for he was naked,) and 
did cast himself into the sea. And 
the other disciples came in a little 
ship, (for they were not far from 
land, but as it were two hundred 
cubits,) dragging the net with fish- 
es. As soon then as they were come 
to land, they saw a fire of coals 
there j and fish laid thereon, and 
bread. Jesus saith unto them, 
Bring of the fish which ye have 
now caught. Simon Peter went up, 
and drew the net to land full of 
great fishes, a hundred and fifty and 
three: and for all there were so 
many, 3^et was not the net broken. 
Jesus saith unto them, Come and 
dine. And none of the disciples 
durst ask him, Who art thou? 
knowing that it was the Lord. Je- 
sus then cometh, and taketh bread, 
and giveth them, and fish likewise. 
This is now the third time that 
Jesus showed himself to his disci- 
ples, after that he was risen from 
the dead. So when they had dined, 
Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, 
son of Jonas, lovest thou me more 
than these? He saith unto him, 
Yea Lord: thou knowest that I love 
thee. He saith unto him, Feed my 
lambs. He saith to him again the 
second time, Simon, son of Jonas, 
lovest thou me? He saith unto him, 
Yea, Lord: thou knowest that I 
love thee. He saith unto him, Feed 
my sheep. He saith unto him the 
third time, Simon, son of Jonas, 
lovest thou me? Peter was grieved, 
because he said urno him the third 
time, Lovest thou me? And he said 
unto him, Lord, thou knowest all 
things ; thou knowest that I love thee. 
Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 
When thou wast young, thou gird- 



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edst thyself, and walkedst whither 
thou wouldest: but when thou shalt 
be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy I 
hands, and another shall gird thee, 
and carry thee whither thou would- 
est not. This spake be, signifying by 
what death he should glorify God. 
And when he had spoken this, he 
saith unto him, Follow me. Then 
Peter, turning about, seeth the dis- 
ciple whom Jesus loved following; 
which also leaned on his breast at 
supper, and said, Lord, which is he 
that betrayeth thee? Peter seeing 
him, saith to Jesus, Lord, and what 
shall this man do? Jesus saith un- 
to him, If I will that he tarry till I 
come, what is that to thee? Follow 
thou me. Then went this saying 
abroad among the brethren, that 
that disciple should not die: yet Je- 
sus said not unto him, He shall not 
die; but, If I will that he tarry till I 
come, what is that to thee? 

Luke 24: 45. Then opened he 
their understanding, that they might 
understand the scriptures, and said 
unto them, Thus it is written, and 
thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and 
to rise from the dead the third day; 
and that repentance and remission 
of sins should be preached in his 
name among all nations, beginning 
at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses 
of these things. And, behold, I send 
the promise of my Father upon you : 
but tarry ye in the city of Jerusa- 
lem, until ye be endued with power 
from on high. 



§ 14. THE ASCENSION. 



together with them, commanded 
them that they should not depart 
from Jerusalem, but wait for the 
promise of the Father, which, saith 
he, ye have heard of me. For John 
truly baptized with water; but ye 
shall be baptized with the Holy 
Ghost not many days hence. When 
they therefore were come together, 
they asked of him, saying, Lord, 
wilt thou at this time restore again 
the kingdom to Israel? And he 
said unto them, It is not for you to 
know the times or the seasons, which 
the Father hath put in his own pow- 
er. But ye shall receive power, 
after that the Holy Ghost is come 
upon you: and ye shall be witnesses 
unto me both in Jerusalem, and in 
all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto 
the uttermost part of the earth. 
And when he had spoken these 
things, while they beheld, he was 
taken up; and a cloud received him 
out of their sight. And, while they 
looked steadfastly toward heaven as 
he went up, behold, two men stood 
by them in white apparel ; which 
also said, Ye men of Galilee, why 
stand ye gazing up into heaven? 
this same Jesus, which is taken up 
from you into heaven, shall so come 
in like manner as ye have seen him 
go into heaven. 

Luke 24: 50. And he led them 
out as far as to Bethany; and he 
lifted up his hands, and blessed 
them. And it came to pass, while 
he blessed them, he was parted from 
them, and carried up into heaven. 
And they worshipped him, and re- 
turned to Jerusalem with great 

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